1. Civil War Political Parties

2. War around the corner! Where have we come from in American History? Where have we come from in American History? Federalists vs Antifederalists (Republican-Democrats) Federalists vs Antifederalists (Republican-Democrats) Era of Good Feelings Era of Good Feelings Democrats (Jackson) vs Whigs (Clay) Democrats (Jackson) vs Whigs (Clay) Then what? Then what?

3. Parties Whigs Whigs Split with the issue of slavery Split with the issue of slavery Kansas Nebraska Act was the final straw that broke the party’s back Kansas Nebraska Act was the final straw that broke the party’s back American Party AKA Know Nothings Nativism: The favoring of native-born Americans over immigrants Run Millard Fillmore in 1856 and win 21% of the popular vote. Absorbed into the Republican Party after 1856.

4. Parties Free Soil Party Free Soil Party Opposed the extension of slavery into the territories (Not abolitionists) Opposed the extension of slavery into the territories (Not abolitionists) Some supported laws prohibiting black settlement in their communities and denying blacks the right to vote Some supported laws prohibiting black settlement in their communities and denying blacks the right to vote Free-Soilers objected to slavery's impact on free white workers in the wage-based labor force, upon which the North depended. Free-Soilers objected to slavery's impact on free white workers in the wage-based labor force, upon which the North depended. Republican Party Stressed free labor and opposed the extension of slavery in the territories ("Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men!"). Moderates, like Abraham Lincoln, could, therefore, oppose slavery on "moral" grounds as wrong, while admitting that slavery had a "right" to exist where the Constitution originally allowed it to exist.

6. Lincoln Douglas Debates One of Illinois's greatest political contests. One of Illinois's greatest political contests. 1858 race for the U.S. Senate between Democratic incumbent Douglas and Republican challenger Abraham Lincoln. 1858 race for the U.S. Senate between Democratic incumbent Douglas and Republican challenger Abraham Lincoln. Styles? Styles? Positions and arguments? Positions and arguments? Freeport Doctrine! Freeport Doctrine!