impending crisis & civil war
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Crises Fight Scott Harpers Ferry Election Candidates Results War (1861-65) Fort Sumter After…. Key Terms Brooks vs. Sumner Dred Scott Decision John Brown’s Raid 1860 Election Border States Emancipation Proclamation. Impending Crisis & Civil War. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Impending Crisis & Civil War
I. Crises
A. Fight
B. Scott
C. Harpers Ferry
D. Election
A. Candidates
B. Results
II. War (1861-65)
A. Fort Sumter
B. After…
Key Terms
• Brooks vs. Sumner
• Dred Scott Decision• John Brown’s Raid• 1860 Election• Border States• Emancipation
Proclamation
Brooks vs. Sumner-1856(Tensions Continued To Rise)
• Senator Charles Sumner & Representative Preston Brooks fought on the floor of the US Senate.
Dred Scott Case (1857)
Resided in Illinois (free state) & Wisconsin (a territory made free by Congress) for many years.
Dred Scott
(A Slave)
He sued to obtain his freedom.
Dred Scott Decision (1857)
1. Scott was not freed
2. Slaves (& all blacks) were denied citizenship rights; slaves = property
Congress cannot prohibit slavery anywhere (only states have this power)
Roger Taney(1777-1864)
Chief Justice
Impact Of Dred Scott
1. Infuriated Northerners as they feared slavery could expand to new areas.
2. Demonstrated slavery was a NATIONAL problem; not just Southern.
John Brown’s Raid(1859)
• Brown was an abolitionist
• Raided the federal arsenal in Harper’s Ferry, VA.
• Goal: Take munitions & lead a slave rebellion
• He was captured & executed
1800-1859
John Brown’s Raid(1859)
Officer who led capture of Brown
Robert E. Lee
Brown on trial
Impact Of John Brown’s Raid
• It made Southerners fearful that maybe ALL in the North were abolitionists.
• A final straw…?
1860 Election
Stephen Douglas (Northern Democrat)
•Supported expansion of slavery into territories
John Breckinridge (Southern Democrat)
•Supported Popular Sovereignty
Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
•Allow slavery to remain where it already exists; but no new expansion
John Bell (Constitutional Union)
•Stood for Constitution, Union, & enforcement of laws
Following Lincoln’s Victory
• Seven states seceded (even before his inauguration)– Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama,
Georgia, South Carolina & Florida
Fighting Begins
• Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers to fight for Union following attack on Fort Sumter (April, 1861).
• Four more Southern states seceded.– Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas, Tennessee
Border States
• Slave states which remained loyal to the Union.
• Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware
Emancipation Proclamation(Effective 1/1/1863)
• Declared that slaves residing in states in rebellion against the Union were freed.
• It did not free any slaves in the states that remained loyal to the Union.
1862
Results of the Civil War(1861-1865)
1. Slavery ended—but what about the newly freed slaves?
2. More than 600,000 Americans died• WWII: 209 deaths per 100,000 (total pop)• Civil War: 2,000 deaths per 100,000 (total
pop)3. Much of the South was destroyed—how would it
be rebuilt?
Impending Crisis & Civil War
I. Crises
A. Fight
B. Scott
C. Harpers Ferry
D. Election
A. Candidates
B. Results
II. War (1861-65)
A. Fort Sumter
B. After…
Key Terms
• Brooks vs. Sumner
• Dred Scott Decision• John Brown’s Raid• 1860 Election• Border States• Emancipation
Proclamation