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| proposed by Democrat, David Wilmot; in any territory the US gained from Mexico, neither slavery nor involuntary servitiude shall exist. Congress had no power to ban slavery bc the territories wer not states yet.; South/John C. Calhoun argued that Americans settling there had the right to bring along thier porperty and their slaves are property. |
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| government is subject to the will of the people; before Civil War, idea that people living in a territory had theright to decide by voting if slavery would be allowed there. |
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| withdrawal from the union |
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| the secret route taken by many AA slaves to escape from the South |
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| AA woman "Conductor of Underground Railroad" who was runaway slave herself; risked her life to bring out men, women and children from slave states to freedom. |
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| Opposed slavery; didn't want white plantation owners to take over West, w/o giving them a chance; land in West available to all white men, not just rich slave owners |
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| People who went to California during the Gold Rush |
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| California entered admitted to Union as free state, poplular sovereignty to determine slavery issue in Utah and New Mexico, Texas border dispute with New MExico resolved, slave trade abolished in D.C., strong federal enforcemtn of the fugitive slave act. |
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| One of the most objectionable parts of compromise of 1850; under this law, slaveholder or catcher had only to point out alleged runaways to have them taken into custody. |
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| Congress repealed the Missouri Compromise and introduced as the guiding principle behind the incorporation of the Kansas and Nebraska Territories the idea of popular sovereignty--the idea that citizens of newly formed territories could decide when they applied for statehood whether slavery would be allowed in their new state. Lincoln drew distinct differences between the idea of popular sovereignty and the Dred Scott Decision. |
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| A book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe about runaway slaves and slavery and to make the nation feel through the stories she tells of how slaves are treated to make the nation feel it was wrong. |
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| Missourians who traveled in armed groups to vote in Kansas's election during the mid-1850's |
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| Kansas became the battleground between those favoring slavery and those against it. |
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| wanted to stop Southern planters from becoming an aristocracy that controlled the government. They did not agree on whether slavery should be abolished in the Southern states, but they did agree that it had to be kept out of the territories |
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| party strongly divided into sectional factions; united in opposition to democratic party. Henry Clay, Daniel Webster |
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| Led by Stephen Douglas, preferred to continue supporting popular sovereignty |
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| John C. Calhoun; wanted party to uphold the Dred Scotyt decision and defend slave hoolder's rights in the territiores. |
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| (the Know-Nothings) were anti-catholic and nativist party. It wanted to prolong the naturalization process, weakening immigrant influenceEventually, the Republican Party absorbed the Northern Know-Nothings, strengthening Republican power in the North |
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| Dred Scott was a slave who worked in free territory, he and his slave owner returned to Missouri. Sued for his freedom; Supreme Court ruled against SCOTT; AAs could not be US Citizens, therefore Scott had no right to sue in federal court;he was property NOT a citizen, 5th ammendmant stated cant take property from a slave owner. |
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| legalized slavery in Kansas, then it was voted down by an antislavery majority |
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| Series of 7 debates that brought Abe Lincoln to national prominence; |
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| Stephen Douglas accpted Dred Scott decision, but argued that people could still keep out slavery by refusing to pass the laws needed to regulate and enforce it. "Slavery cannot exist anywhere..." |
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| an abolitionist opposed slavery, made a rebellion against slave holders killed 5 proslavery settlers to make a statment, this made the south very angry. |
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| 16th President of US;unknown Republican ran for Senate seat against incumbent Douglas;Lincoln believed slavery was morally wrong. |
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| Well known Democratic Senator known as "Little Giant"; opposed by Lincoln; supported popular sovereignty; Douglas won the Senate seat |
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| Election of 1860 Candidates |
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Running for President:
Abe Lincoln, Republican
John C. Breckenridge, Democrat Southern States
John Bell, Constitutional Union (Whig)
Stephen A. Douglas, Democrat Northern States |
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| Constitutional Union Party |
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formed when the conflict between North and South broke down the older parties. The Constitutional Union group, composed of former Whigs and remnants of the Know-Nothings and other groups in the South, was organized just before the election of 1860. Delegates from 20 states attended the party convention at Baltimore in May, 1860, and John Bell, of Tennessee, and Edward Everett, of Massachusetts, were nominated for President and Vice President. The party recognized “no political principle but the Constitution of the country, the union of the states and the enforcement of laws.” The party carried Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia in the election.
Read more: Constitutional Union party — Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0813345.html#ixzz1eNBJaj74 |
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| Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, South Carolina,Tennessee, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, |
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| would gurantee slavery everwhere it existed. It would also reinstate the Miss. Comp. line and extend it all the way to California border. Slavery would be prohibited in all territories North of the line and protected in all territories south of the line. |
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| Confederate States of America was the new nation declared by the states that seceeded from the Union. |
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| was the first Confederate president, chosen by the Convention delegates, he joined together the remaining SOuthern States. |
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| Lincoln sent supplies with Union troops to the fort, Jefferson Davis demanded withdrawal of US troops from Confederate land. Union soldiers refused; First shot of Civil War fired here. |
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Causes of Civil War?
Political, Economic, Cultural? |
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| -Disagreement over legality, morality, and politics of slavery; -Kansas Nebraska Act sparked violence in Kansas; -Dred Scott ruling voided any limitations on expansion of slavery;-John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry polarized North and South; -Souther states seceded from Union; -Confederates attacked Fort Sumter in SC |
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-Slavery was outlawed in the US;
-Southern states rebuilt their ecomony;
-African Americans gained citizenship and voting rights;
-First US Civil Rights Law passed |
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| Lincoln and Douglas competed in the North, and Breckenridge and Bell in the South. Lincoln won only 39 percent of the popular vote, but had a clear majority of 180 electoral votes, carrying all 18 free states. Bell won Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia; Breckenridge took the other slave states except for Missouri, which was won by Douglas. Despite his poor electoral showing, Douglas trailed only Lincoln in the popular vote. |
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