1. Mr. Buttell Board Notes West Broward HS APUSH

2. Free Soil Party Free Soil! Free Speech! Free Labor! Free Men!  “Barnburners” – discontented northern Democrats.  Anti-slave members of the Liberty and Whig Parties.  Opposition to the extension of slavery in the new territories!  “Barnburners” – discontented northern Democrats.  Anti-slave members of the Liberty and Whig Parties.  Opposition to the extension of slavery in the new territories! WHY?

3. 1852 Presidential Election √ Franklin Pierce Gen. Winfield Scott John Parker Hale Democrat Whig Free Soil

4. 1852 Election Results

5. Territorial Growth to 1853 Sec. of War Jefferson Davis sent James Gadsden as minister of Mexico. Want 1 st Transcontinental RR built in South

6. Expansionist Young America in the 1850s America’s Attempted Raids into Latin America Clayton-Bulwer Treaty; Neither US or Britain would control an Isthmus in Latin America America’s Attempted Raids into Latin America Clayton-Bulwer Treaty; Neither US or Britain would control an Isthmus in Latin America

7. CUBA – Pearl of the Antilles Established slave countryEstablished slave country Spanish govt. rebuffed two attempts by southernersSpanish govt. rebuffed two attempts by southerners Pres. Pierce plans the Ostend Manifesto with U.S. diplomats in Europe to purchase Cuba for $120 million.Pres. Pierce plans the Ostend Manifesto with U.S. diplomats in Europe to purchase Cuba for $120 million. If Spain refused, the U.S. would attack since Europe is dealing with the Crimean WarIf Spain refused, the U.S. would attack since Europe is dealing with the Crimean War

8. Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811 – 1896) So this is the lady who started the Civil War. -- Abraham Lincoln So this is the lady who started the Civil War. -- Abraham Lincoln

9. Uncle Tom’s Cabin 1852 Uncle Tom’s Cabin 1852  Sold 300,000 copies in the first year.  2 million in a decade!  Sold 300,000 copies in the first year.  2 million in a decade!

10. Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854

11. “Bleeding Kansas” Border “Ruffians” (pro-slavery Missourians)

12. John Brown: Madman, Hero or Martyr? Mural in the Kansas Capitol building by John Steuart Curry (20 c )

13. “The Crime Against Kansas” Sen. Charles Sumner (R-MA) Congr. Preston Brooks (D-SC) “Senator Butler, you have taken the Harlot slavery as your mistress.” -Charles Sumner (1856)

14. Birth of the Republican Party, 1854  Northern Whigs.  Northern Democrats.  Free-Soilers.  Know-Nothings.  Other miscellaneous opponents of the Kansas- Nebraska Act.  Northern Whigs.  Northern Democrats.  Free-Soilers.  Know-Nothings.  Other miscellaneous opponents of the Kansas- Nebraska Act.

15. 1856 Presidential Election √ James Buchanan John C. Frémont Millard Fillmore Democrat Republican American (Know Not)

16. 1856 Election Results

17. Dred Scott v. Sanford, 1857

18. The Lincoln-Douglas (Illinois Senate) Debates, 1858 A House divided against itself, cannot stand. A House divided against itself, cannot stand.

19. Stephen Douglas & the Freeport Doctrine Lincoln to Douglas: “How does Popular Sovereignty work simultaneously with the Dred Scott decision?” “A territory’s residents could exclude slavery by not adopting laws to protect it.”

20. John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry, 1859

21. 1860 Presidential Election √ Abraham Lincoln Republican John Bell Constitutional Union Stephen A. Douglas Northern Democrat John C. Breckinridge Southern Democrat

22. Republican Party Platform in 1860  Non-extension of slavery [for the Free-Soilers]  Protective tariff [for the No. Industrialists].  No abridgment of rights for immigrants [a disappointment for the “Know-Nothings”].  Government aid to build a Pacific RR [for the Mid- West].  Internal improvements at federal expense[for the West].  Free homesteads for the public domain [for farmers].  Non-extension of slavery [for the Free-Soilers]  Protective tariff [for the No. Industrialists].  No abridgment of rights for immigrants [a disappointment for the “Know-Nothings”].  Government aid to build a Pacific RR [for the Mid- West].  Internal improvements at federal expense[for the West].  Free homesteads for the public domain [for farmers].

23. 1860 Election: A Nation Coming Apart?!

24. 1860 Election Results 1860 Election Results

25. Crittenden Compromise: A Last Ditch Appeal to Sanity Senator John J. Crittenden (Know-Nothing- KY)

26. Secession!: SC  Dec. 20, 1860