Transcript Slide 1 - TheFoxHole

The Union in
Peril
(Danger)
North
Slavery
anti slavery
South
agriculture
industrial
California
Because of the gold rush had a
LARGE population
Wanted to become a state
Their state constitution was
against slavery
North or South happy?
The Compromise of 1850
Created by Henry Clay
California admitted as a free state
Utah and New Mexico territories decide
about slavery
Texas- New Mexico boundary dispute
resloved
Sale of slaves banned in Washington DC
Stricter Fugitive Slave Act
Fugitive Slave Act
Alleged fugitives were not allowed a
trial
They could not testify on their own
behalf
A statement by a slave owner was all
that was required
If you were caught helping a fugitive
you could be fined 1,000, sent to prison
for 6 months or both.
Events that didn’t help
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Bleeding Kansas
Violence in the Capital
Dred Scott Decision
Lincoln Douglass Debate
Douglas supported popular sovereignty
Lincoln did think it was right for the
majority to deny the minority of rights
Lincoln didn’t support the spread of
slavery but didn’t think the federal
government had the power to get rid of it.
He felt slavery would eventually die out on
its own.
Lincoln Douglas Debate
Election of 1860
North Vs South
Southern men running: John C
Breckinridge and John Bell
Northern men running: Abraham Lincoln
and Stephen Douglas
Lincoln Becomes the 16th President
Didn’t win any electoral votes in the
South
Only had 39% of the popular vote
The South was very very very very very
very very very very very very very angry
Succession
The south succeeded (left) the
Union
Formed a new nation Confederate
States of America AKA the
Confederacy
What should Lincoln do?
He wanted to stop the expansion
of slavery
He did not think the secession
was right
He did not want to be the one to
start a civil war
Fort Sumter
The fighting at Fort
Sumter on April 1, 1861
proved that the division
between North and South
could not be settled
peacefully