1. Warm Up 1. List as many causes of the civil war as you can think of. -1 minute 2. Write the effect of each event in 5 words or less. – 1 minutes 3. Turn to a neighbor. Neighbor on the right share your answers for 1 minute. Stop. Other Neighbor shares.

2. Causes of War Mexican War Compromise of 1850 Kansas-Nebraska Act 1855 Underground Railroad Personal liberty laws Uncle Tom’s Cabin Brooks-Sumner canning Sack of Lawrence, Kansas Potawatomie Massacre Dred Scott vs. Sanford 1857 John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry Formation of the Republican Party Abraham Lincoln’s election Secession of S.C.

3. Politics leading up to the Civil War 1848 - Zachary Taylor (Whig party) elected president. Unclear on slavery stance during election. From South but against extension of slavery. Lewis Cass runs against Taylor and is in favor of popular sovereignty. Free-Soil Party forms. Taylor died after only sixteen months in office, and Vice President Millard Fillmore became president in 1850. Fillmore supports compromise of 1850.

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5. Election of 1852 Franklin Pierce (from North, pro-slavery) is elected from the Democratic party. Pierce beats Whig candidate Winfield Scott. Whig party now split between North and South. Nativism grows – favors native-born Americans. anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic. “No nothing political party represents natavist

6. Republican Party Emerges 1854 United against extension of slavery. United against extension of slavery. Made up of many former Whigs, members of the Free Soil Party, and a few anti- slavery Democrats. Made up of many former Whigs, members of the Free Soil Party, and a few anti- slavery Democrats. 1858 Illinois Senate Race (Lincoln-Douglas Debates). 1858 Illinois Senate Race (Lincoln-Douglas Debates). Freeport Doctrine – People in territories could use popular sovereignty to either enforce laws protecting slaves as property or not. Freeport Doctrine – People in territories could use popular sovereignty to either enforce laws protecting slaves as property or not.

7. Election of 1856 James Buchanan wins election for Democrats. Republicans have a strong showing in their first national election. Buchanan supports Lecompton Constitution – which was a pro-slavery constitution for Kansas’s admission to the Union. It was boycotted by anti-slavery folks in Kansas.

8. CandidatePartyView on Slavery Abraham Lincoln RepublicanOpposed the spread of slavery John C. Breckinridge Southern Democrat Pro slavery Stephen Douglas Northern Democrat Popular sovereignty John BellConstitution al Union Ignored the issue Election of 1860

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10. The Union Breaks UP Lincoln’s victory convinced the South that they had lost their voice in the national government. S.C. leads the way, seceding Dec. 20 th, 1860. Confederate States of America (C.S.A) formed in Feb, 1861. Original 7 states made up of South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. Jefferson Davis elected President of C.S.A. President Buchanan says secession is illegal but does nothing about it.