Brief presentation about the coming of the Civil War from 1856 - 1860. Including Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Dred Scott, Harpers Ferry, and the Election of 1860.

1. Section 10.4

2.  1856, Dred Scott was taken
above the Missouri
Compromise line by his slave
owner
 they lived for four years in
Illinois a free state and
returned to Missouri where
Scott’s owner died
 he claimed that he had
become a free person when
they lived in Illinois

3.  the Court ruled that slaves did not have
the rights as citizens and Scott was in
Missouri, a slave state, when he started
the suit
 the Court also ruled the Missouri
Compromise unconstitutional because
Congress could not forbid slavery in any
part of the territories because doing so
interfered with slaveholders property
 Supported by Proslavery forces
 Further diminished the rights of
slaves
 Slavery may be spread indefinitely

4.  1857 the proslavery government of
Kansas applied for statehood and
wrote a Constitution that favored
slavery
 they were outnumbered by Free-
Soilers that rejected the proposed
Constitution
 Buchanan goes against his promise
and endorsed the proslavery
Lecompton Constitution because he
believed he owed Southerners for
their political support

5.  Stephen Douglas convinced
Congress to authorize another
referendum on the Constitution and
it again was rejected which would
split the Democratic Party more
 Supported by Proslavery forces
 Although the Lecompton
Constitution does not become
the law for Kansas, it protected
property rights of slaveholders

6.  Illinois Senate race in 1858
 Democrat Stephen Douglas
and Republican Abraham
Lincoln
 To compete against Douglas’
name and financial resources
Lincoln challenged Douglas to
a series of debates over slavery
in the territories

7. Freeport Doctrine (Douglas)
• Douglas’ stood by popular sovereignty. Slavery could not
exist unless it was supported by local police and basically
people could get around the Scott decision
• Douglas cared “more for the great principle of self-
government, the right of the people to rule, than I do for all
of the negroes in Christendom.”
 Supported by Proslavery Forces
 Douglas was seen as less anti-slavery than Lincoln

8. House Divided (Lincoln)
 Lincoln believed slavery would only be eliminated by
Congressional law
 The American government could not “endure, permanently
half slave and half free… It will become all one thing, or all
the other.”
 Supported by Antislavery Forces
 Lincoln opposed expansion of slavery and popular
sovereignty

9.  John Brown led a group of 21 men both black and
white to the federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia
 he intended to arm slaves but his raid was put down by
Robert E. Lee, tried for treason and hanged
 Douglas and Lincoln both said he was wrong for his
actions but some Northerners hailed him as a martyr
for the cause of freedom
 both the North and South had strong feelings and
reactions to the hanging

10.  The Raid was Supported by Antislavery forces
 Despite unsuccessful, it was an attempt at a slave
uprising
 The Hanging of John Brown was Supported by
Proslavery forces
 One less violent abolitionist

11.  Lincoln’s moderate views and the fact he was unknown
and had not been able to form friends/enemies helped
him win the nomination at the Republican Convention
over Senator William Seward

12.  Lincoln Elected President Supported by Antislavery forces
 Lincoln opposed slavery, especially its spread into the
territories

13.  December 20, 1860 South Carolina seceded from the Union
 In February 1861 the seceded states met in Montgomery,
Alabama and formed the Confederacy or Confederate
States of America
 they wrote their own Constitution like that of the US but protected
and recognized slavery in the new territories
 each state was sovereign and independent which hampered their
unification
 Jefferson Davis was elected President
 Outgoing US President Buchanan said secession was illegal
but it was illegal for him to do anything about it

14. a) summer 1857
b) fall 1857
c) summer 1858
d) summer 1859

15. a) November 1859
b) March 1860
c) September 1860
d) November 1860

16. a) Lincoln is inaugurated.
b) South Carolina secedes.
c) Confederates fire on Fort Sumter.
d) None of the above.

17. a) Jefferson Davis was elected president of the
Confederacy.
b) Lincoln was inaugurated.
c) Confederates fired on Fort Sumter.
d) Lincoln called for volunteers for the army