THE UNION IN PERIL: CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR CHAPTER 10

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THE UNION IN PERILCAUSES OF THE CIVIL
WARCHAPTER 10

• Section 3
• Birth of the Republican Party
• Why were new political parties emerging
• in the mid-1800s?

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• Franklin __________was elected President in 1852.
• James __________ was elected President in 1856.
• Nativists were opposed to ____________.
• The Republican party first ran a candidate for
  president in _________ (1848, 1852, 1856, 1860)
• Horace _________ was a newspaper editor and
  helped to found the Republican Party.

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• MATCHING
• a. 1848 b. 1852 c. 1856 d.1860
• Winfield Scott ran for President in ____.
• Franklin Pierce was elected President in ___
• The Republican party first ran a candidate for
  president in _________.
• FILL IN THE BLANK
• 4. The Know-Nothings were also known as_______.
• 5. Horace Greeleys profession (job) was ______.

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• MATCHING
• 1848 b. 1852 c. 1856 d.1860
• Franklin Pierce was elected President in ____
• James Buchanan was elected President in ___
• The Republican party first ran a candidate for
  president in _________.
• FILL IN THE BLANK
• 4. The Know-Nothing party was anti- _________.
• 5. Horace Greeley helped to found the ________
  Party.

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YOUR EXPERIENCE

• What political parties do you know?
• What are their characteristics?
• What are their goals?
• Who do they represent?

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Why were new political parties emerging in the
mid-1800s?
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NEW POLITICAL PARTIES

• Know-Nothing Party (Nativism) formed in 1849,
  favors native-born people over immigrants,
  anti-Catholic, and originally a secret-society.
• Free-Soil Party (Anti-slavery) formed in 1848 to
  oppose extension of slavery into the territories.
  
• Republican Party Founded in 1854 to oppose
  Kansas-Nebraska Act and keep slavery out of
  territories. Absorbed parts of the Whigs,
  Free-soilers, and Know-nothing parties.

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Election of 1852

• The Whig Party nominates Mexican war hero
  Winfield Scott.
• Scott opposes the Fugitive Slave Act.
• This infuriates Southern Whigs.
• Whig Party splits over slavery.
• Democratic candidate Franklin Pierce becomes
  President in 1852.
• See http//uselectionatlas.org/USPRESIDENT

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1852
1848
Democrats
Whigs
Free Soil Party
S. Whigs
N. Whigs
Franklin Pierce
1856
Republican Party
Democrats
Know-Nothings
James Buchanan
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Election of 1856

• Search for Kansas-less candidates
• Republicans (new party) pick John C. Fremont
• PLATFORM No further extension of slavery
• Democrats pick James Buchanan
• PLATFORM Popular sovereignty in territories
• American/Nativists pick ex-Pres. Fillmore
• PLATFORM anti-Catholic, anti-immigrant
• RESULT Buchanan wins, Democrats are split N S
• See http//uselectionatlas.org/USPRESIDENT/

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FACTORS IN THE RISE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
REPUBLICAN PARTY
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THE UNION IN PERILCAUSES OF THE CIVIL
WARCHAPTER 10

• Section 4
• Slavery and Secession
• Why did the South secede?
• HW 1