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CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR. CONNECT THESE… PMQ #4, 5: Transportation and  Agriculture and  Commerce and  Sectionalism ???

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1 CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR

2 CONNECT THESE… PMQ #4, 5: Transportation and  Agriculture and  Commerce and  Sectionalism ???

3 1850 -1852  Pearl Incident 1848  Compromise of 1850  The case of Frederick Jenkins 51  Uncle Tom’s Cabin 52 ; Memoir of Daniel Drayton 53  Young America - Early 50s  Election of 1852: Scott v Pierce Conscience Whigs and Cotton Whigs

4 READ ONE ASSIGNED SET OF THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS. SOAPSTONES ONE DOC. DUE TOMORROW: Kennedy The American Spirit, Ch19  19B: – Bleeding Kansas  19C: – Dred Scott Case  19D: – Lincoln Douglas Debates  19E: – Harper’s Ferry  19F: – Campaign of 1860

5  Ostend Manifesto  Gadsden Purchase  Burns Incident  Know Nothings  Kansas Nebraska Act: The Single Greatest Causal Event???  If not, then what? 1853-1856  Republican Party  Topeka and LeCompton Constitutions  Brooks-Sumner Incident  Election of 1856

6 1857-1860  Dred Scott Decision  Buchanan and the Kansas Problem  Lincoln- Douglas Debates  Elections of 1858  John Brown’s Raid  Election of 1860:  South Carolina : Dec 20 th vote  Crittenden Compromise

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8 PUT THE FOLLOWING EVENTS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER 1-13:  Dred Scott Case  Crittenden Compromise  Lincoln-Douglas Debate  Franklin Pierce’s election in 1852  Uncle Tom’s Cabin first published  Kansas Nebraska Act  Firing on Fort Sumter, April 1861  John Brown’s revenge at Pottawatomie Creek  Lincoln elected President  John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry  A new Republican Party Forms  The sack of Lawrence KN by a pro-slavery mob  Attempt to buy Cuba in Ostend Manifesto

9 GOT SIGNIFICANCE?

10  Wealthy land speculator  Helped make Chicago a major hub of railroads  Elected to Illinois legislature in 1836  Judge of Supreme Court of Illinois 1841-1843  Elected to US House of Representatives in 1843  Elected to US Senate in 1846 [serves until 1861]  Supported the Compromise of 1850  Pushes Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 STEPHEN DOUGLAS  Series of debates w/ Lincoln - US Senate campaign 1858  Nominated for US Presidency ’60  Southern Democrats choose John C. Breckenridge  Offered his services to President Lincoln after outbreak of War  Douglas toured border states to arouse enthusiasm for Union cause

11  Born in KY to dirt poor parents  Parents move to IN, then IL.  2 flatboat trips to NO  Moves to Salem IL.  Passes bar Exam 1836  Serves 4 terms in ILs House, 34-42  Wins one term as US Rep 46  Offers Spot Resolutions, opposing Polk’s War ABRAHAM LINCOLN  Successful legal practice  Speaks against K-N Act  Speaks against Dred Scott  Nominated as Republican candidate for US Senate  Lincoln Douglas Debates  Nominated Rep. candidate and wins Presidency in 4 way race ‘60

12 PRESIDENT


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