PPT-John Brown & Frederick Douglas

Abolitionists Friends frenemies John Brown Born in 1800 in rural Connecticut to a strict Calvinist family Farmer laborer ardent abolitionist Member of the Underground Railroad and the League of . Dred Scott v. . Sandford. Dred Scott was a slave.. He was brought to a free state and sued for his freedom. . He stated since he was in a state where slavery was illegal he was then a free man. Supreme Court disagreed.. Introduction. The issue of slavery continued to be controversial in the 1850’s. When in 1860, . the newly formed Republican Party nominated . for President Abraham Lincoln, an outspoken opponent of the further expansion of slavery, the stage was set for all-out civil war. . 1854-1861. A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand. I Believe This Government Cannot Endure Permanently Half Slave And Half Free. Abraham Lincoln, 1858 . *Uncle Tom’s Cabin. published in 1852, by Harriet Beecher Stowe. 15.3: . Slavery Dominates Politics. Today’s Essential Question: How did slavery dominate national events after 1855?. Vocabulary . Republican . Party. – political party formed in 1854 to oppose slavery. 1854-1861. A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand. I Believe This Government Cannot Endure Permanently Half Slave And Half Free. Abraham Lincoln, 1858 . *Uncle Tom’s Cabin. published in 1852, by Harriet Beecher Stowe. American History. Goals. Students will be able to:. Utilize primary and secondary sources to understand a historical period. Review the causes and consequences of the Civil War. Identify the characteristics that define and differentiate regions. Unit Overview (1844-1877). Big Picture. The passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act rocked the sectional boat to the point of disrepair. However, abolitionists in the North and “fire-eaters” in the South refused to patch a hole in the sinking ship of state. The question of slavery’s expansion dominated the politics of the 1850s, and was exacerbated by events that brought sectional tensions to a fever pitch, climaxing in the secession of seven Southern states.. Introduction. The decision of the Supreme Court on the Dred Scott Case will allow for the spread of slavery across all of the territories of the United States. Despite this win for slave states, events like John Brown’s Raid and the Election of Lincoln in 1860 will push them toward secession. M.Math. . LEL. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. University of Waterloo. Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. ece.uwaterloo.ca. dwharder@alumni.uwaterloo.ca. © 2013 by Douglas Wilhelm Harder. Some rights reserved.. Lecture #1. Steps to the Civil War. Ms. . Rampey. – September 2011. Steps to Civil War. . Events leading to war. Economic Differences in North & South. Missouri Compromise. Compromise of 1850. Scantron. answer form for the quiz. When you finish, turn in both the . Scantron. and the quiz itself to the cart, plus any “Young Republic” make-up materials (today is the deadline for those).. Today’s Essential Question: How did slavery dominate national events after 1855?. Vocabulary . Republican . Party. – political party formed in 1854 to oppose slavery. unconstitutional. – illegal because it violates the . The 1850s: Road to Secession Compromise of 1850 Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811 – 1896) So this is the lady who started the Civil War. -- Abraham Lincoln Uncle Tom’s Cabin 1852 Sold 300,000 copies in Birth of the Republican Party, 1854. Northern Whigs.. Northern Democrats.. Free-. Soilers. .. Know-Nothings. . . (Political party from 1854-1856 who was against Germans and Irish Catholic immigrants who they felt were ruining America).