sparks that lead to war. trouble in kansas stephen douglas (sen. illinois) wants to build railroad...
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Sparks That Lead to War
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Trouble in Kansas
• Stephen Douglas (sen. Illinois) wants to build railroad from Chicago to Pacific ocean
• He proposes 2 new states above 30’ line
• Wants Kansas and Nebraska to be decided slavery by popular sovereignty so south will vote for RR
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• Kansas-Nebraska Act undoes the Missouri Comp.
• Area decided by voters=pro and anti slavery people rush to Kansas
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• Two govs form in Kansas• Border Ruffians from
Missouri vote illegally• Gangs attack each other
all over state• Proslavery people burn
Antislavery capital of Lawrence, KS
• John Brown, thinks God sent him to end slavery, and his followers attack Proslavery people at Pottawatomie Creek
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• Charles Sumner attacks slavery and proslavery senators in a speech in Congress
• Preston Brooks beats Sumner with a cane on the Senate floor
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Dred Scott• Slave bought in
Mississippi, moved with his master to Illinois then Wisconsin
• He says he should be free –lived on free land, sues for his freedom and case goes to Supreme Court
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• Court decides that slaves are property and cannot sue, said slavery cannot be outlawed anywhere
• Southerners thrilled, Northerners outraged
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Lincoln and Douglas• Important election for Senate
in Illinois• Stephen Douglas–
experienced, short, stocky, decide slavery by pop. sov.
• Abraham Lincoln– less experience, tall and thin, great speaker, slavery shouldn’t be allowed to spread
• Series of debates, Douglas wins but Lincoln gets national attention
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Harpers Ferry
• John Brown leads free men and slaves in an attack on arsenal at Harpers Ferry, VA
• Brown wanted to start a slave revolt, doesn’t work• Brown and others captured and hung by Robert E.
Lee• Brown is a martyr to northerners, seen a dangerous
psycho to southerners
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1860 Election• Democrats split
N. Demos: Douglas S. Demos: John Breckenridge
• Republican: Abe Lincoln
• Constitutional Union Party: John Bell
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• Lincoln wins electoral vote, but gets less than 40% of popular vote
• Lincoln wasn’t even on ballot in most southern states
• North out votes South, South feels they have no voice in gov.
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The South Secedes
• Lincoln and Repubs don’t want to end slavery in south
• South Carolina secedes, or breaks away from the US anyway
• John Crittenden proposes a last compromise: slavery not touched south of 36 degrees
• Repubs don’t go for it, Texas, Louisiana, Miss., Alabama, Georgia, and Florida also secede
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• Confederate States of America is formed with Jefferson Davis as president
• Lincoln not pres yet, Buchannan says states can’t leave but does nothing to stop them