POLITICS IN 1850

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POLITICS IN 1850S
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ESSENTIAL QUESTION

• How did the Supreme Court rule on the issue of
  slavery?

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DRED SCOTT DECISION

• DRED SCOTT- slave who sued for freedom while in a
  free state.
• SCOTT V. SANFORD- Supreme Court rules slaves are
  property, not people.

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ESSENTIAL QUESTION

• What were the political parties of the 1850s?

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DEMOCRATS

• Mostly pro-slavery southeners.

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WHIGS

• Formed to oppose Democrats.
• Broke up- could not agree on slavery.

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KNOW-NOTHINGS

• NATIVISM- favored natural citizens over immigrants

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FREE SOIL

• Opposed expansion of slavery in new states.

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REPUBLICANS

• Formed to oppose slavery.
• PLATFORM- what a party believes
• Abolition.
• Temperance.
• PROTECTIONISM- protect American businesses
  against imports.

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ESSENTIAL QUESTION

• Who helped Republicans become succesful?

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ABRAHAM LINCOLN

• Republican candidate for President in 1860.
• LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES
• Lincoln argued to make slavery illegal.
• Douglas argued each state should vote.

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ELECTION OF 1860

• Lincoln defeats Douglas and others.

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ESSENTIAL QUESTION

• What were the consequences of the Presidential
  election of 1860?

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SOUTHERN SECESSION

• SC, MS, FL, AL, GA, LA, TX, VA, AR, TN, NC all
  left the U.S.
• CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA- Southern states
  formed their own nation.

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FORT SUMTER

• Confederates attack U.S fort, leads to U.S Civil
  War.

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ESSAY QUESTION FOR TEST

• Do you think the U.S could have another civil
  war? Why or why not?