2. 14. Where was Harper’s Ferry and why was it important?

3. HARPER’S FERRY – a U.S. weapons arsenal in Virginia

4. JOHN BROWN’S PLAN – Brown wanted to capture the arsenal and then help revolting slaves gain their freedom

5. JOHN BROWN’S ATTACK AT HARPER’S FERRY

6. 15. What was the result of John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry?

7. John Brown’s plan does not work – no slaves revolt and join him and some of his men are killed Brown is arrested and charged with treason and murder – he is sentenced to hang

8. LAST MOMENTS OF JOHN BROWN

9. JOHN BROWN

10. The North feels Brown is a hero, the South is glad he is dead His death brings the slavery issue to the boiling point and many southerners talk about leaving the Union

11. 16. Who were the candidates in the election of 1860, and which political party did each represent?

12. The Republican party chooses ABRAHAM LINCOLN as their presidential nominee for the 1860 election http://www.si.edu/archives/ihd/jhp/lincoln.jpg

13. Democrats could not agree on how slavery would be explained in their PLATFORM PLATFORM – statements or beliefs, usually on behalf of a political party

14. The northern and southern Democrats cannot agree so they have two nominees Northern Democrats – Stephen Douglas Southern Democrats – John Breckinridge

15. Election of 1860 John Bell Stephen DouglasAbraham Lincoln John Breckenridge Republican Southern Democrat Constitutional Union Party Northern Democrat

16. Lincoln and Douglas fight over the North and the West. Breckenridge tries to steal the South. Bell tries to glue the map (Union) back together.

17. John Bell: Bless my soul I give up. John C. Breckinridge: That long legged Abolitionist is getting ahead of us after all. Stephen Douglas: I never ran so in my life.

18. John C. Breckinridge dances with James Buchanan. Dred Scott seated plays the violin. Lincoln dances with African American woman. John Bell dances with Native American. Stephen Douglas dances with a sovereign in rags. Dred Scott Lincoln Bell Douglas Breckenridge

19. http://mailbox.univie.ac.at/kurt.mayer/graphics/LincolnElectl.jpg

20. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1860 http://www.multied.com/PageMill_Images/image31.gif

21. Lincoln wins many votes in the North and since the North has a larger population he wins the election http://www.wildwestweb.net/cwleaders/Abraham%20Lincoln.jpg

22. The South is afraid that Lincoln will now try to abolish slavery in the U.S.

23. 17. How did the southern states respond to the election of 1860, and why?

24. SECEDE – to withdraw from the Union, split with the country South Carolina becomes the first to secede on December 20, 1860

25. In the next six weeks more states secede: Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas

26. These states form their own country – THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA

27. 18. Who becomes president of the Confederate States of America?

28. JEFFERSON DAVIS is elected president of the Confederate States of America http://www.military.com/pics/davis1.jpg

29. Northerners felt that secession was unconstitutional and the South did NOT have the right to leave X

30. 19. What was the plan that John C. Crittenden proposed to preserve the Union?

31. John Crittenden of Kentucky tries to get both sides to solve the problem with the CRITTENDEN PLAN

32. He proposed a series of constitutional amendments related to slavery to pacify the South Lincoln believed there could be no compromise about the extension of slavery The plan fails

33. 20. When was Lincoln inaugurated?

34. Lincoln becomes the 16 th president on March 4, 1861

36. Both sides cautiously wait to see what will happen next