1. The Antebellum Period V. “Fallout” From Victory over Mexico
“The Compromise of 1850:”
1. California entered union as a free state.
2. Texas-N. Mexico border, Popular Sovereignty in west.
Illinois Senator
Stephen Douglas
3. Slave Trade (but not slavery) banned in D.C.
4. New Fugitive Slave Law.

2. “The Compromise of 1850”

3. The Antebellum Period VI. 1850’s: Tensions Build
Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852).
Pierce tries to acquire Cuba from Spain as a slave state.
Gadsden Purchase, 1853.
Author Harriet
Beecher Stowe
The Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) destroyed the Whig Party.
“Bleeding Kansas,” A mini-civil war.

4. Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
Gadsden Purchase
(1852)

5. The Antebellum Period VII. 1850’s: Tensions Build
“Caning Incident” on house floor (1856).
1857 Dred Scott Decision:
Roger
Taney
1. Ruled Scotts had no rights. A slave is a slave.
2. This decision a matter of property.
3. Missouri Compromise ruled unconstitutional.
4. Pres. Buchanan endorsed ruling.
Dred
Scott
Panic of Is this God’s judgment?
1858 Lincoln-Douglas Debates.

6. Congressman Charles Sumner (MA) being caned by Congressman Preston Brooks (SC)(1856).
John Brown’s Raid (1859) of Harper’s Ferry,VA.

7. VIII. Is Succession Feasible?
“Cotton is King!”
The south can make it on its own.
Cotton Production:
, Bales
1840-1,300,000 Bales
1850-2,400,000 Bales
1860-3,750,000 Bales
Price of Cotton:
cents a pound
cents a pound
cents a pound
cents a pound
Price of a
“Prime Field Hand”:
1830-$800
1840-$1175
1850-$700
1860-$1375
Slave Population:
1830-2,250,000
1840-2,480,000
1850-3,300,000
1860-4,000,000
By 1860:
76.1% of southern whites owned NO slaves
17.2% of southern whites owned 1-9 slaves
6.6% of southern whites owned slaves
0.1% of southern whites owned 100+ slaves

8. Key Comparisons, the Union and the Confederacy
Union South
Total Population % %
Free Males, % %
Factory Production % %
Textile Production % %
Firearms Production % %
Iron Production % %
Coal Production % %
Railroad Mileage % %
Farm Acreage % %
Livestock Raised % %
Wheat % %
Corn % %
Wealth Produced % %

9. The Election of 1860
Democrats meet first…in Charleston, S.C. Party splits.
S. Democrats nominate John Breckenridge, pro-slavery.
N. Democrats move to Baltimore, nominate Stephen Douglas, who still advocates popular sovereignty.
Republicans nominate moderate candidate Abe Lincoln.
Platform: contain slavery, cheap lands in west, protectionist tariffs for industry, campaigns for immigrant vote.
Candidate Party Electoral Votes % Popular Votes %
Breckenridge S. Dem % , %
Douglas N. Dem % ,376, %
Bell Union % , %
Lincoln Rep % ,866, %
Totals   ,682,069

10. The Election of 1860