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Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854– 1861
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Summarize the following. How were they viewed by each side? What were the consequences of each? The Missouri Compromise The Compromise of 1850 The Fugitive Slave Law The Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Harriet Beecher Stowe and Uncle Tom’s Cabin 1852 Several hundred thousand copies were published in the first year; millions in subsequent years National and international impact
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Spirit pp.304-306 Read excerpt from Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Southern response (first two paragraphs) Do brief document analysis – POV – Significance
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Bleeding Kansas
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Map 19-1 p399
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Charles Sumner and Preston Brooks
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“Old Buck” Versus “The Pathfinder”
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The Election of 1856
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Dred Scott March 6, 1857 Dred Scott, a slave, lived in Illinois and the Wisconsin Territory (free territory) He sued for his freedom S.C. ruled that Scott was not a citizen It also ruled that, as property, a slave could be taken into any territory
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Implications? Turn and talk
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Spirit, pp.310-313 Documents C 1-3 Brief document analysis – POV – Significance
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The Financial Crash of 1857
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The Great Debate: Lincoln Versus Douglas
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A House Divided http://housedivided.dickinson.edu/sites/lincol n/house-divided-speech-june-16-1858/ http://housedivided.dickinson.edu/sites/lincol n/house-divided-speech-june-16-1858/
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John Brown: Murderer or Martyr?
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The Disruption of the Democrats
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A Rail-Splitter Splits the Union
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The Electoral Upheaval of 1860
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Table 19-1 p410
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The Secessionist Exodus
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The Collapse of Compromise Crittenden amendments – Slavery in the territories prohibited above 36 30 – Slavery given federal protection below – All future states could decide for themselves how they came into the Union Lincoln rejected the compromise
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Secession South Carolina (unanimously), Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas Confederate States of America created in February 1861 – Jefferson Davis chosen as president
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