1. http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/10/17/mauritania-haiti- pakistan-top-charity-new-global-index-on-modern-slavery/

2. HOW TENSIONS BETWEEN N & S HEAT UP! The Wilmot Proviso (1846): proposed that there be no slavery in new territory from Mexico rejected in the Senate. Why? It tried to prevent slavery in territories America won in the Mexican War. North opposed South against any laws prohibiting slavery

5. Fugitive Slave Act Part of Compromise of 1850- very harsh laws People would be fined or imprisoned for helping a fugitive/runaway slave Alleged captured slaves denied jury trial People paid more for returning captured slaves

6. Harriet Tubman Most famous>> Harriet Tubman “nicknamed” Secret network of people who help slaves escape

7. Uncle tom’s cabin Written by abolitionist Shows slavery as a moral problem> it was wrong Southerners criticize it as stereotypical Harriet Beecher Stowe

8. Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854 “Motivation” Get railroad built> need to get people living there and settled >open it to slavery and let people decide through Popular sovereignty >>people in newly settled areas decide for themselves >Territory split into Kansas & Nebraska Stephen Douglas

9. BLEEDING KANSAS John Brown Pro & Anti-slavery groups rush to territory 800 pro-slavery people settle in Kansas Northerners outraged Violence everywhere = bleeding Kansas John Brown

10. BLEEDING KANSAS Violence spills over to Congress Senator Sumner verbally attacks Sen Pickens SC- insults him in Congress Pickens nephew, Representative Preston Brooks confronts Sumner in the Senate, beats him with a cane

11. >Supreme Court Ruling: Slaves don’t have the rights of citizens - no right to sue for his freedom -Missouri Compromise unconstitutional -Congress couldn’t make laws against slavery in individual states>that was unconstitutional

12. Abolitionist John Brown leads raid Objective: Seize federal arsenal & distribute arms to area slaves to begin an uprising. 60 prominent citizens held hostage - No slave uprising Several raiders (10) were killed; Brown captured. Virginia tried Brown for treason Executed December 2, 1859

15. Major Political parties 1850-1860 PartyEstablishedMajor Platform Free Soil Know-Nothing Whig Republican Democrat Slavery further divides the nation

16. 1858 Lincoln runs for Stephen Douglas Senate seat in Illinois Lincoln virtually unknown- challenges Douglas to 7 debates= Lincoln Douglas Debates Lincoln’ s quote“ A house divided against itself cannot stand” I believe this government can not endure permanently half slave and half free” »Lincoln lost

17. Debate platformLincolnDouglas SlaverySlavery was immoral But did not favor equality of white and black races Popular sovereignty Spread of slaveryNeeded laws to outlaw slavery Popular sovereignty would allow slavery to go away on its own- people would vote it out of existence Freeport DoctrineLincoln disagreed with Freeport Doctrine Douglas’s idea> Territories could exclude slavery by refusing to pass laws allowing slavery- people could get around the laws

19. Abraham LincolnStephen Douglas

21. S.C. talks secession if Lincoln is elected They secede They claim States rights!! Other states follow Miss, FL, AL, GA, LA and TX Confederacy formed

23. Confederacy formed- Confederate States of America

24. CONFEDERATE LEADERS