Transcript USA PPT THE UNION IN PERIL 10 2 ppt

THE UNION IN PERIL
THE DIVISIVE POLITICS OF
SLAVERY
SECESSION
 FORMAL
WITHDRAWAL
OF STATE
FROM THE
UNION
POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
 THE
PEOPLE
VOTE FOR OR
AGAINST
SLAVERY IN
THE MEXICAN
CESSION
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
 ESCAPE
ROUTES FOR
RUNAWAY
SLAVES
HARRIET TUBMAN
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UNDERGROUND
RAILROAD
CONDUCTOR:
“MOSES” OF HER
PEOPLE
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
 ABOLITIONIST
 UNCLE
CABIN
TOM’S
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT
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POPULAR
SOVEREIGNTY IN
THE KANSASNEBRASKA
TERRITORY
BLEEDING KANSAS
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FIGHT OVER
FREEDOM OR
SLAVERY:
BEGINNING OF THE
CIVIL WAR
REPUBLICAN PARTY
 No
extension of
slavery in the
new territories
REPUBLLICAN PARTY
FIGHT IN THE SENATE
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Rep. Brooke (D. SC)
attacked Sen.
Sumner (R. MA)
in the Senate:
Slavery v. Freedom
DRED SCOTT DECISION
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1857
Supreme Court: Dred
Scott was not free
Dred Scott was
property of master
He could be taken
anywhere & still be a
slave
LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES
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1858
SENATE RACE IN
ILLINOIS
FREEPORT
DOCTRINE: ONLY
CITIZENS OF A
STATE COULD
CHOOSE FREE OR
SLAVE STATUS;
LAWS SUPPORT
THAT DECISION
HARPER’S FERRY, VA 1859
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JOHN BROWN:
STEAL WEAPONS
FROM ARMORY
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START SLAVE
UPRISING
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FAILURE
TRAITOR OR PATRIOT???
LINCOLN’S ELECTION
SECESSION
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7 STATES SECEDE
AFTER THE
ELECTION OF
LINCOLN
LED BY SOUTH
CAROLINA
FT. SUMTER: 1861
SECESSION—PART 2
4
STATES
SECEDE AFTER
THE BATTLE OF
FORT SUMTER
CONFEDERATE STATES OF
AMERICA—1861-1865
LEADERS
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PRESIDENT
JEFFERSON DAVIS
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GENERAL ROBERT
E. LEE—ARMY OF
NORTHERN
VIRGINIA