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AMERICAN STORY
THE PONY EXPRESS
ESSENTIAL CHAPTER QUESTION
ESSENTIAL CHAPTER QUESTION
How did slavery divide the country?
GROWING TENSIONS BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH
GROWING TENSIONS BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH
CONTROVERSIES OVER TERRITORIES | SLAVERY AND RACISM
Disputes over slavery in new territories and states led to growing tensions between the North and the South.
Racism and slavery were defining forces in the lives of African Americans in both the South and the North.
SLAVERY DOMINATES POLITICS
SLAVERY DOMINATES POLITICS
A COUNTRY IN CRISIS | THE DRED SCOTT DECISION | LINCOLN AND DOUGLAS
The Kansas-Nebraska Act deepened the conflict over slavery and led to the eruption of violence in these territories.
The Dred Scott case and John Brown’s attack on Harpers Ferry further divided the North and the South over the issue of slavery.
Republican Abraham Lincoln and Democrat Stephen Douglas opposed each other in two political races. In 1858, they fought for the U.S. Senate seat in Illinois, which Douglas won. In 1860, they ran against each other for president, with Lincoln the victor. Although both men disliked slavery, they had different views on the issue.
LINCOLN'S ELECTION AND SOUTHERN SUCESSION
LINCOLN'S ELECTION AND SOUTHERN SUCESSION
THE ELECTION OF 1860 | SOUTHERN STATES SECEDE | EFFORTS AT COMPROMISE
The growing divide between the North and the South had a strong impact on the 1860 presidential election.
The election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860 led southern states to secede from the Union.
Leaders in the North and the South tried to resolve the secession crisis, but their attempts to reach a compromise failed.
REVIEW
REVIEW
VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
Federal Marshal - (n.) a law enforcement officer who works for the United States government
Racism - (n.) the belief that one race is better than others
Segregation - (n.) the separation of people based on race
Dred Scott Decision - (n.) a Supreme Court decision that African Americans held no rights as citizens and that the Missouri Compromise of 1820 was unconstitutional; Dred Scott, the escaped slave at the center of the case, was returned to slavery
Popular Sovereignty - (n.) the idea that residents of a region or nation decide an issue by voting
Republican Party - (n.) a political party founded in 1854 by antislavery leaders
Confederacy - (n.) the 11 southern states that seceded from the Union to from their own nation, the Confederate States of America
Crittenden Plan - (n.) a proposal that stated the federal government would have no power to abolish slavery in the states where it already existed; it reestablished and extended the Missouri Compromise line to the Pacific Ocean
Garrison - (n.) a defense force of soldiers
Secede - (v.) to formally withdraw from a nation or organization in order to be independent
Unionist - (n.) a member of the Constitutional Union Party
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