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1 Chapter 14 CRISIS, 1850’S

2 1850 Expansion, growth

3 1850 23 mil. Wealthier Industry (2 nd ) Exports Slave south?

4 NATIONAL IDENTITY American Renaissance Moby Dick, Scarlet Letter Douglass – Brutality Uncle Tom’s Cabin – Action

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6 SLAVERY Conflict Hottest issue

7 SOCIETY Two perspectives Slavery, economics, social Slavery, most important

8 COMPROMISE Slavery No slavery

9 Popular Sovereignty Slavery People voted

10 The Compromise of 1850 California: free state New Mexico, Utah: popular sovereignty Slave trade, D.C. Fugitive slave act

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13 KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT Plains: settlement Native lands Slavery?

14 “Bleeding Kansas” Both sides Southern militia John Brown: abolitionist Violence and division Premonition

15 DIVISION Politics Nation

16 Republicans Anti-slavery, anti-Catholic Modern day Republicans Lincoln

17 DRED SCOTT V. SANFORD Supreme Court Scott family Decision – Scott: slave, cannot sue – All Blacks: not citizens

18 HARPER’S FERRY John Brown Federal arsenal, VA Slave uprising Northern financial support martyr or lunatic?

19 The execution by hanging of John Brown, December 2, 1859 is depicted in this popular image in a northern newspaper as a solemn military occasion. Southerners were angered and alarmed by popular northern opinion that regarded Brown as a martyr rather than as a terrorist. SOURCE:Frank Leslie ’s Illustrated Newspaper,December 10,1859.Library of Congress.

20 1860 ELECTION 2 nd highest turnout Lincoln – Slavery – Social equality? – Preserve Union Winner: division

21 Secession Break way December 1860, South Carolina Confederate States of America – Slavery


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