Slavery Dominates Politics

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Slavery Dominates Politics

• Disagreements over slavery led to the Formation
  of the Republican Party and Heightened Sectional
  Tensions

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Key Vocabulary and Key People

• Key Terms
• Republican Party
• Dred Scott v. Sandford
• Harpers Ferry

• Key People
• John C. Freemont
• James Buchanan
• Roger B. Taney
• Abraham Lincoln

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Write in Vote??

• When the Kansas Nebraska Act Split apart the Whig
  Party the Southern Whigs searched for pro-slavery
  parties as the Northern Whigs formed the
  Republican Party
• The Violence in congress was looked at as on
  opportunity to gain anti-slavery seats in
  congress
• John C. Fremont would be nominated for president
  by the republicans because of his free state
  support
• Freemont was so unpopular in the south that his
  name did not appear on the Ballot, leading to his
  loss

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Threes Company

• James Buchanan would run for the democrats and
  ran on a platform of maintaining the Union
• Millard Fillmore was the Know Nothing party
  candidate but was also divided on slavery
• Buchanan would win the Election of 1856 by
  splitting support in the North and south
• Though the Republicans Lost they showed they
  would be a Force in the North

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A Dred-full Decision

• Under the Dred Scott v. Sandford, Scott sued for
  his freedom claiming he lived in free states
• Roger B. Taney decided that Scott was NOT a US
  citizen and could not sue in a US court and was
  bound to Missouri Slave Laws
• Taney Also argued that congress could not ban
  Slavery due to the fifth amendment and made
  anti-slave laws unconstitutional
• Northern Republicans looked to end the Dominance
  of Southern Slave Holders

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The Great Debate

• Abraham Lincoln Would be selected to take on
  Stephen A Douglas for the Illinois Senate Seat
• As Lincoln vowed to end a divided nation the
  Lincoln-Douglas Debates Brought slavery to the
  forefront of the Nation
• Lincoln, opposed to slavery, vowed to stop the
  spread of slavery while Douglas wanted Popular
  Sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery

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Winner by Losing?

• Douglas position on slavery would be
  unconstitutional due to the Dred Scott case and
  Lincoln would call him out on it
• Douglas responded saying people have the right to
  introduce or dismiss slavery as they please
• Douglas would win reelection but Lincoln would
  become a national political figure

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The Beginning of the End

• John Brown planned to inspire slaves to fight for
  freedom and raided the US Arsenal at Harpers
  Ferry
• Brown and a force of 18 captured the arsenal and
  killed four
• With no slave support Brown and six others were
  captured, with ten being killed
• Brown would be Hanged and become a symbol of the
  division between the North and the South

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This has been Another World Famous Mr. Green
PowerPoint Presentation

• A house Divided Against itself will not Stand