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Free Soil PartyFree Soil PartyFree Soil PartyFree Soil PartyFree Soil! Free Speech! Free Labor! Free Men!

Free Soil! Free Speech! Free Labor! Free Men!

“Barnburners” – discontented northern Democrats.

Anti-slave members of the Liberty and Whig Parties.

Opposition to the extension of slavery in the newterritories!

“Barnburners” – discontented northern Democrats.

Anti-slave members of the Liberty and Whig Parties.

Opposition to the extension of slavery in the newterritories!

WHY?

WHY?

1852 Presidential 1852 Presidential ElectionElection

1852 Presidential 1852 Presidential ElectionElection

√ Franklin Pierce Gen. Winfield Scott John Parker Hale

Democrat Whig Free Soil

√ Franklin Pierce Gen. Winfield Scott John Parker Hale

Democrat Whig Free Soil

1852Electio

n Results

1852Electio

n Results

Territorial Growth to 1853Territorial Growth to 1853Territorial Growth to 1853Territorial Growth to 1853

Sec. of War Jefferson Davis sent James Gadsden as minister of Mexico. Want 1st Transcontinental RR built in South

Expansionist Young America in the Expansionist Young America in the 1850s1850s

Expansionist Young America in the Expansionist Young America in the 1850s1850s

America’s Attempted Raids into Latin America

Clayton-Bulwer Treaty; Neither US or Britain would control an Isthmus in Latin America

America’s Attempted Raids into Latin America

Clayton-Bulwer Treaty; Neither US or Britain would control an Isthmus in Latin America

CUBA – Pearl of the AntillesCUBA – Pearl of the Antilles• Established slave countryEstablished slave country• Spanish govt. rebuffed Spanish govt. rebuffed

two attempts by two attempts by southernerssoutherners

• Pres. Pierce plans the Pres. Pierce plans the Ostend Manifesto with Ostend Manifesto with U.S. diplomats in Europe U.S. diplomats in Europe to purchase Cuba for to purchase Cuba for $120 million.$120 million.

• If Spain refused, the U.S. If Spain refused, the U.S. would attack since would attack since Europe is dealing with Europe is dealing with the Crimean Warthe Crimean War

HarrietBeecherStowe(1811 – 1896)

HarrietBeecherStowe(1811 – 1896)

So this is the lady who started the Civil War.

-- Abraham Lincoln

So this is the lady who started the Civil War.

-- Abraham Lincoln

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

1852

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

1852 Sold 300,000

copies inthe first year.

2 million in a decade!

Sold 300,000 copies inthe first year.

2 million in a decade!

Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854

“Bleeding Kansas”“Bleeding Kansas”

Border “Ruffians”

(pro-slavery

Missourians)

Border “Ruffians”

(pro-slavery

Missourians)

John Brown: Madman, Hero or Martyr?

John Brown: Madman, Hero or Martyr?

Mural in the Kansas Capitol building

by John Steuart Curry (20c)

Mural in the Kansas Capitol building

by John Steuart Curry (20c)

“The Crime Against Kansas”

“The Crime Against Kansas”

Sen. Charles Sumner(R-MA)

Sen. Charles Sumner(R-MA)

Congr. Preston Brooks(D-SC)

Congr. Preston Brooks(D-SC)

“Senator Butler, you have taken the Harlot slavery as your mistress.”-Charles Sumner (1856)

Birth of the Republican Party, 1854

Birth of the Republican Party, 1854

ß Northern Whigs.

ß Northern Democrats.

ß Free-Soilers.

ß Know-Nothings.

ß Other miscellaneous opponents of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

ß Northern Whigs.

ß Northern Democrats.

ß Free-Soilers.

ß Know-Nothings.

ß Other miscellaneous opponents of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

1856 Presidential 1856 Presidential ElectionElection

1856 Presidential 1856 Presidential ElectionElection

√ James Buchanan John C. Frémont Millard Fillmore

Democrat Republican American (Know Not)

√ James Buchanan John C. Frémont Millard Fillmore

Democrat Republican American (Know Not)

1856Electio

n Results

1856Electio

n Results

Dred Scott v. Sanford, 1857

Dred Scott v. Sanford, 1857

The Lincoln-Douglas (Illinois Senate) Debates, 1858

The Lincoln-Douglas (Illinois Senate) Debates, 1858

A House divided against itself, cannot stand.

A House divided against itself, cannot stand.

Stephen Douglas & the

Freeport Doctrine

Stephen Douglas & the

Freeport Doctrine

Lincoln to Douglas: “How does Popular

Sovereignty work simultaneously with the Dred

Scott decision?”

Lincoln to Douglas: “How does Popular

Sovereignty work simultaneously with the Dred

Scott decision?”“A territory’s residents could exclude slavery by not adopting laws to protect it.”

John Brown’s Raidon Harper’s Ferry, 1859

John Brown’s Raidon Harper’s Ferry, 1859

18601860PresidentiPresidenti

alalElectionElection

18601860PresidentiPresidenti

alalElectionElection

√ Abraham Lincoln

Republican

√ Abraham Lincoln

Republican

John BellConstitutional

Union

John BellConstitutional

Union

Stephen A. DouglasNorthern Democrat

Stephen A. DouglasNorthern Democrat

John C. Breckinridge

Southern Democrat

John C. Breckinridge

Southern Democrat

Republican Party Platform in 1860

Republican Party Platform in 1860

ß Non-extension of slavery [for the Free-Soilers]

ß Protective tariff [for the No. Industrialists].

ß No abridgment of rights for immigrants [a disappointment for the “Know-Nothings”].

ß Government aid to build a Pacific RR [for the Mid-West].

ß Internal improvements at federal expense[for the West].

ß Free homesteads for the public domain [for farmers].

ß Non-extension of slavery [for the Free-Soilers]

ß Protective tariff [for the No. Industrialists].

ß No abridgment of rights for immigrants [a disappointment for the “Know-Nothings”].

ß Government aid to build a Pacific RR [for the Mid-West].

ß Internal improvements at federal expense[for the West].

ß Free homesteads for the public domain [for farmers].

1860 Election: A Nation Coming Apart?!

1860 Election: A Nation Coming Apart?!

1860

Election

Results

1860

Election

Results

Crittenden Compromise:A Last Ditch Appeal to

Sanity

Crittenden Compromise:A Last Ditch Appeal to

Sanity

Senator John J. Crittenden

(Know-Nothing-KY)

Senator John J. Crittenden

(Know-Nothing-KY)

Secession!: SC Dec. 20, 1860

Secession!: SC Dec. 20, 1860