PERIOD 5: 1844-1877APUSH – MS. JUSTICE - BHS

COLLAPSE OF THE SECOND PARTY SYSTEM

KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT

• Voided the Missouri Compromise • Divided Nebraska into two territories:

Nebraska (free soil) & Kansas (slavery)• “Bleeding Kansas”

POLITICAL PARTIES

• Whigs disintegrate• Know-Nothings rise & fall• The Republican Party

ELECTION OF 1856

ELECTION OF 1856ELECTION OF 1852

THE CRISIS OF THE UNION

DRED SCOTT CASE

• Dred Scott sued for his freedom after living in Wisconsin for 2 years

• Supreme Court Chief Justice Taney: o Scott could not sue for his freedomo Scott could never become a citizen o Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES

• 1858 Illinois Senate Race:o Lincoln became a Republican in 1856o Douglas personified the Democratic Party in the West

• Douglas won the election• Lincoln became famous in the north and infamous in the south

HARPER’S FERRY

• 1859 - John Brown tried to start a slave uprising in Virginia• Led an attack on an arsenal in Harper’s Ferry• Captured by federal troops after a 2 day siege

• South – proof of the North’s true intentions; Republican Party was to blame

• Some Southerners begin contemplating secession