1. H12/1/11; T11/25/08; T12/11/07; T12/5/06; T12/6/05 Growing Sectionalism: Impact of the Kansas-Nebraska Act (Ch. 14.1 & 14.2; pp. 384-393)

2. I. Uncle Tom’s Cabin - 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe (MA) fictional account of slavery Simon Legree – cruel slave families; loyalty of slaves more northern sympathy for slaves widely read – 300K copies in 1852; – 1.2M by summer of 1853 plays, popular abolitionist ↑ angered S – banned in S Lincoln: “So you’re the little lady who started this war”

3. II. Election of 1852 Pierce (Dem-NH) Scott (Whig-VA) John Hale (Free Soil) – only 5% Dems can win in N, if candidate does not oppose slavery Whigs only receive 35% of S. vote (compared to 50% in 1848) more regional vote harder to retain non-sectional ties

4. III. Kansas-Nebraska Act – 1854 A. Roots – Gadsden Purchase -1853 – transcontinental RR – S. route – purchased land for $10M from Mex. – many N. upset – want N route

5. III. Kansas-Nebraska Act – 1854 (cont.) B. Douglas’ Proposal – 1854 – wants N. transcontinental RR – Chicago would be hub – need S. support – open K-N to possibility of slavery – pop. sov. in territories – believe Kan- slave; Neb – free – would continue sectional balance

6. III. Kansas-Nebraska Act – 1854 C. Response – S: happy – open to slavery [allowed for possibility of slavery] – N: betrayed MO Compromise (36-30 line) power of slaveocracy – helps create Republican Party

7. IV. Creation of Republican Party – 1854 opposed to spread of slavery not abolitionists [although included abolitionists] strictly regional party built on earlier parties: Liberty, Free Soil