US History

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US History -

• Chapter 10

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The Union in Peril

• The Issue Was Slavery 1850s
• John C. Calhoun - If the new territories won by
  the Mexican War, are not Slave, the South would
  secede.
• A numbers game.

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Differences North v. South

• North
• Urban
• 70 of Population
• Industrialized
• 20,000 Miles of Rail lines in the 1850s
• Scared of slave labor taking free labor.
• General Education

• South
• Rural
• 30 Population only 8 of manufacturing
• Plantations and Small farms
• 1,000 Miles of Rail lines in 1850s
• Military Education

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Compromises on Slavery

• Declaration of Independence 1776
• Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of ______.
• Missouri Compromise 1820
• Split Country in half on the 3630 Line
• Compromise of 1850
• Both North and South scared of the other.
• 5 Parts all passed Separately
• Kansas / Nebraska Act 1854
• Abolished the Missouri Compromise in favor of
  Popular Sovereignty

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Social Impact

• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Uncle Toms Cabin 1852
• Used stereotypes
• the little lady who made the big war
• Abraham Lincoln.

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Judicial Impact

• Dred Scott Decision 1857
• Supreme Court Ruled ALL SLAVES were property.
• Under the 5th Amendment Congress can not deprive
  people of property with out due process of law.

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The Chief Justice Speaks . . .

• Roger B. Taney quote on slaves
• "They slaves and their descendants are not
  included and were not intended to be included
  under the word 'citizens' in the Constitution."
• (Scott v. Sandford, 1857)

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John Brown

• Devout Christian
• Gods chosen instrument to end slavery.
• Bleeding Kansas and the
  Raid on Harpers Ferry -

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John Browns Last words

• If it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit
  my life for the furtherance of the ends of
  justice, and mingle my blood further with the
  blood of my children, and with the blood of
  millions in this slave country whose rights are
  disregarded by wicked, cruel, and most unjust
  enactments, I submit so let it be done!"
• (Last speech to the court at his trial, November
  2, 1859)

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Election of 1860

• Democrats Split along Sectional Lines
• North (Popular Sov.) v. South (Pro-Slavery)
• Split the vote
• Republicans
• Platform
• Halt the Spread of Slavery
• Preserve the Union
• Lincoln Won without being on the ballot in ten
  Southern states.

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Secession Timeline

• Nov. 2, 1860 Lincoln Elected
• Dec. 20, 1860 South Carolina Secedes
• Jan 9, 1861 MS. FL. GA. LA. AL. TX. Secede.
• Feb. 18,1861 Jefferson Davis Elected President
  of the Confederate States of America.
• Mar. 4, 1861 Lincoln Inaugurated
• April 12, 1861 Shots Fired at Ft. Sumter