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Pre-Civil War: Pre-Civil War: Decade of CrisisDecade of Crisis

1850-1860

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Institution of SlaveryInstitution of Slavery

Eli Whitney - Cotton GinNat Turner’s Revolt 1831Missouri Compromise 1820

–36 degrees 30 minutes

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Compromise of 1850Compromise of 1850California (49ers) apply to become a

FREE state–Popular Sovereignty

South RejectsCompromise proposed by Henry

Clay, Daniel Webster, Stephen Douglas

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They Propose:They Propose:Allow California in as free state

(Northern Victory)Create New Mexico and Utah

territories without restrictions about slavery

Stricter fugitive slave law (Southern Victory...hurt Underground RR)

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Results of Compromise of Results of Compromise of 18501850

4 Southern States threaten to secede

North upset about fugitive slave law

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Uncle Tom's CabinUncle Tom's CabinHarriet Beecher

Stowe - 1852

Dramatic account of a slave fighting for freedom

Result...more people wanting to abolish slavery

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Kansas-Nebraska Act Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)(1854)

Background (RR, etc)Stephen Douglas, Senator (ILL) He

Proposes:– Create Kansas and Nebraska Territories– Scrap the Missouri Compromise (36

degrees 30 minutes). Instead, allow Popular Sovereignty

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Results of the K-N ActResults of the K-N Act

Stephen Douglas -very ambitiousBirth of the new Republican

PartyHelped unify the NorthBleeding Kansas

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"Bleeding Kansas"-"Bleeding Kansas"-miniature Civil War 1855-57miniature Civil War 1855-57

ElectionWar

–Free Soil Group...John Brown

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Dred Scott Dred Scott Decision...1857Decision...1857

BackgroundSupreme Court (Chief Justice Roger

Taney) decides:– Slaves = 3/5ths of a person, so NO RIGHT

to sue– Slave=Property– Congress cannot restrict property within

TERRITORIES.

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Results of Dred Scott Results of Dred Scott Ruling:Ruling:Wipes out:

–Kansas-Nebraska Act

–Idea of Popular SovereigntyHuge Southern VictoryOutrages & Unifies Republicans

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Other Important Events Other Important Events of the Late 1850’sof the Late 1850’s

Lincoln-Douglas DebatesJohn Brown’s Raid...attack

US Arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia

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Election of 1860Election of 1860

4 Political Parties!

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RepublicansRepublicansNorthern PartyRESTRICT

slavery, not abolish it

Abraham Lincoln from ILL

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Northern DemocratsNorthern DemocratsDemos splitNorthern Democrats supported

Stephen Douglas and popular sovereignty

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Southern DemocratsSouthern DemocratsMore radical, want slavery

legal everywhereSelected John Breckinridge

(Tenn), current VP under Buchanan

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Constitutional Union PartyConstitutional Union Party

Wanted a compromise over slavery

Selected John Bell (Tenn)

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Popular Vote TotalsPopular Vote Totals

Pop.%

LincolnDouglas

BreckenridgeBell

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Pop.%

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BreckenridgeBell

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Lincoln wins with only 40% of Popular Vote

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What should the Southern States do?

What options do they have?

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SecessionSecessionPresident James Buchanan-

“Lame Duck”December 1860 - South

Carolina SecedesWhat should Buchanan do???Is secession irrational???

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Confederate StatesConfederate Statesof Americaof AmericaBy Feb, 1861, most of the South is

goneElect Jefferson Davis (Mississippi)

as PresidentSelect Richmond (Virginia) as

CapitolFlag (11 states, yet 13 stars)

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Strengths and WeaknessesStrengths and WeaknessesNorth

–(Union, Blue, Yankees) South

–(Confederacy, Gray, Rebels)

Border StatesBorder States

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The Battles BeginThe Battles BeginFort Sumter (Charleston, S. C.)1st Bull Run

– “Stonewall” JacksonNaval WarfareUnion has Navy

– Ironclad Warship (forerunner to battleships) Monitor v Merrimack (Virginia) March 1862

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War in the WestWar in the WestShiloh (Tenn) April 1862New Orleans and the Mississippi RiverBattle and Seige of Vicksburg (Miss)

– Heavily fortified city with RR

– 47 day seige of city

– Major turing point of war

– Union splits south & gets River

– Grant v. Pemberton

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War in the EastWar in the East

Robert E. Lee, Confederate General

Battle of Antietam (Maryland) –Sept 1862 - George McClellan

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Lincoln changes War - Lincoln changes War - Emancipation ProclamationEmancipation Proclamation

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War in the East (continued)War in the East (continued)Union Commanders--"Revolving

Door"–Fredricksburg (VA) Dec, 1862 -

Ambrose Burnside–Chancellorsville (VA) Spring 1863

- Joe Hooker–Gettysburg (Penn) July 1863 -

George Meade

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GettysburgGettysburgLee invades NorthJuly 3 - "Pickett's Charge"

(Gen.George Pickett, confederate) Great Union Victory & Major

turning point of WarMeade fails to chase LeeGettysburg Address (Lincoln)

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East (continued)East (continued)

“Revolving Door” - (cont) U.S. Grant in charge (1864-)

William Tecumseh Sherman's "March to the Sea" ... (Total War) - Atlanta to Savannah

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The EndingThe EndingAppomattox Courthouse (April 9,

1865) Lee surrenders

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Factors of WarFactors of WarFirst American “Draft”War’s Deadly Cost

0100,000200,000300,000400,000500,000600,000700,000

Dead

Civil War

WW 1

WW 2

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Lincoln's AssassinationLincoln's Assassination

April 14, 1865...Fords Theatre"American Cousin" playJohn Wilkes BoothDemocrat Andrew Johnson will

lead Reconstruction efforts


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