1. The Election of 1860 a.k.a. The official catalyst of war

2. REVIEW O What was the Missouri Compromise? O How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act repeal the Missouri Compromise? O Why was Kansas given the title of “Bloody Kansas”? O What is a tariff?

3. New info O Homesteading- the act of the federal government providing areas of land for free (or a small fee) to encourage migration and settling of the land.

4. Dred Scott v. Sandford, 1856 O Please copy down the following questions and leave room to answer them: O 1. Who was Dred Scott? O 2. Why did Dred Scott assume he had become free the moment he left Missouri? O 3. it was decided that Scott did not even have the right to sue- why? O 4. What does Taney claim the U.S. Constitution protects inherently as property? O 5. On what platform was the Republican party started? O https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j3lKSs2ZoA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j3lKSs2ZoA O Stop clip at 4:27

5. So what happened to Good Ol’ John Brown? O October, 1859 O John Brown, after studying historical slave uprisings, and with backing from wealthy abolitionists, led a band of 21 white and black men to Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now W.V.) O Plan was to attack the federal arsenal there, distribute the weapons to blacks in the area and lead a slave uprising O He was captured and tried and hanged for high treason. O Many in the North expressed admiration for Brown and some even referred to him as a martyr for the sacred cause of freedom. O In the South there was an equal and opposite reaction. You can imagine how that went…

6. Just because it exists… O https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X- W_93afO7o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X- W_93afO7o O (caution all delicate ears, there are a couple of words in here…)