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Chapter 14 CRISIS, 1850’S
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1850 Expansion, growth
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1850 23 mil. Wealthier Industry (2 nd ) Exports Slave south?
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NATIONAL IDENTITY American Renaissance Moby Dick, Scarlet Letter Douglass – Brutality Uncle Tom’s Cabin – Action
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SLAVERY Conflict Hottest issue
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SOCIETY Two perspectives Slavery, economics, social Slavery, most important
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COMPROMISE Slavery No slavery
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Popular Sovereignty Slavery People voted
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The Compromise of 1850 California: free state New Mexico, Utah: popular sovereignty Slave trade, D.C. Fugitive slave act
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KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT Plains: settlement Native lands Slavery?
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“Bleeding Kansas” Both sides Southern militia John Brown: abolitionist Violence and division Premonition
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DIVISION Politics Nation
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Republicans Anti-slavery, anti-Catholic Modern day Republicans Lincoln
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DRED SCOTT V. SANFORD Supreme Court Scott family Decision – Scott: slave, cannot sue – All Blacks: not citizens
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HARPER’S FERRY John Brown Federal arsenal, VA Slave uprising Northern financial support martyr or lunatic?
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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.
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1860 ELECTION 2 nd highest turnout Lincoln – Slavery – Social equality? – Preserve Union Winner: division
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Secession Break way December 1860, South Carolina Confederate States of America – Slavery
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