1. Chapter 15, Section 4

2. People in the territories were looking for a new political voice Neither the Whig party or Democratic party would take a stand against slavery Republican Party: mixture of Free Soilers, northern Democrats, and antislavery Whigs

3. Main goal of the Republican Party was to keep slavery out of the Western Territories A few were abolitionists hoping to end slavery in the South John C. Fremont: selected by Republicans in 1856 to run for President Little political experience but opposed the spread of slavery

4. James Buchanan: Democratic nominee from Pennsylvania Sympathized with the Southern position on slavery Buchanan won the election Fremont won 1/3 of the popular vote without the support of any southern state

5. 1858 Abe Lincoln, a Republican, challenged democrat Stephen Douglas for his seat in the Senate

6. Born in the backcountry of Kentucky His family moved often to find better land Lincoln spent only a year in school but taught himself how to read and write He opened a store in Illinois Studied law on his own Spent 8 years in the state legislature One term in Congress He opposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act 1858 ran for the Senate

7. Lincoln was not a national figure To the people of Illinois Lincoln was just folk s

8. Stephen Douglas drew big crowds on the senate campaign trail Lincoln could not draw crowds this large He followed Douglas on the campaign trail answering him speech for speech

9. Lincoln challenged Douglas to a series of debates Debated seven times

10. Called Lincoln a hot headed abolitionist who wanted blacks and whites to be equal Douglas warned Lincoln’s call to end slavery would result in war Popular sovereignty was the best way to solve the slavery crisis

11. If slavery is wrong then Lincoln and other Americans could not ignore it Lincoln did not believe in perfect equality He did believe slavery was wrong

12. Newspaper reprinted their speeches The more northerners read Lincoln’s speeches the more they thought of the injustive of slavery Douglas won the election by a small margin Lincoln was known throughout the country The two rivals would meet again in two years

13. John Brown carries his antislavery campaign from Kansas to the east He led a group of followers including 5 African Americans to Harper’s Ferry Virginia There they raided a federal arsenal: Gun warehouse Brown thought African Americans would flock to the arsenal He would give them weapons and lead a revolt

14. No slave uprising took place Robert E. Lee led troops killed 10 raiders and captured John Brown Brown was found guilty of treason and murder and sentenced to death

15. Because he showed dignity during his trial Brown became a hero to many northerners Northern church bells rang the morning he was hanged White southerners were outraged by the northerners response