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Analyze how deepening sectional distrust affected the nations politics.Compare the positions of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas on the issue of slavery.Explain the effect of John Browns raid on the slavery debate.10.3: Political Realignment Deepens the CrisisWhat developments deepened the divisions between the North and South?

Chapter 25 Section 1The Cold War BeginsSection 3Political Realignment Deepens the CrisisIn the presidential election of 1856 there were 5 political parties.Whig PartyFailed to nominate a candidateRepublican PartyWon one-third of the popular vote and 11 northern statesKnow-NothingsPut up a candidate but dissolved over the slavery issueDemocratsWon with James Buchanan promising to stop the agitation of the slavery issueFree-Soil PartyAbsorbed into the Republican PartyAnalyze how deepening sectional distrust affected the nations politics.Chapter 25 Section 1The Cold War BeginsSection 3Political Realignment Deepens the CrisisThe U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the case of Dred Scott, an enslaved man who had lived in a free state and sued for his freedom.Within a year of the election, another event intensified the divisions in the nation over slavery.Analyze how deepening sectional distrust affected the nations politics.Chapter 25 Section 1The Cold War BeginsSection 3Political Realignment Deepens the CrisisDRED SCOTT DECISION(1857)Dred Scott was a slave who spent time with is master in free territory Scott sued for his freedomThe case was eventually heard by the Supreme CourtThe Missouri Compromise came into questionSoutherners favored the ruling while Northerners did not

Chapter 10, section 3, p.341Read: The Dred Scott Decision Triggers Outrage, p.341-343Analyze how deepening sectional distrust affected the nations politics.Chapter 25 Section 1The Cold War BeginsSection 3Political Realignment Deepens the Crisis4

Dred ScottChapter 10, section 3, p.341Analyze how deepening sectional distrust affected the nations politics.Chapter 25 Section 1The Cold War BeginsSection 3Political Realignment Deepens the Crisis5Dred Scott

Chapter 10, section 3, p.341Analyze how deepening sectional distrust affected the nations politics.Chapter 25 Section 1The Cold War BeginsSection 3Political Realignment Deepens the Crisis6Chief Justice Roger B. Taney handed down the controversial decision in March, 1857.

Analyze how deepening sectional distrust affected the nations politics.Chapter 25 Section 1The Cold War BeginsSection 3Political Realignment Deepens the Crisisruled against Scott.said slaves were property and not allowed to sue in court.said the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.pleased the South.angered the North and abolitionists.The Dred Scott decision:Analyze how deepening sectional distrust affected the nations politics.Chapter 25 Section 1The Cold War BeginsSection 3Political Realignment Deepens the Crisis

In 1858, in a race for the Illinois senate seat, Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln debated the issue of slavery.

The seven debates got national attention.Compare the positions of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas on the issue of slavery.Chapter 25 Section 1The Cold War BeginsSection 3Political Realignment Deepens the CrisisLINCOLN-DOUGLASS DEBATE(1858)Lincoln and Douglas debated in the race to be the next Senator from IllinoisDouglas believed in deciding slavery by popular sovereignty.Lincoln believed that slavery should NOT be allowed to spread into the territories. Lincoln ALSO believed the Nation could not survive if the fighting continued to rip the Union apart with the slavery issue.

Chapter 10, section 3, p.339

Chapter 25 Section 1The Cold War BeginsSection 3Political Realignment Deepens the Crisis10Lincoln-Douglas Debates (1858)SectionalismChapter 10, section 3, p.341

Chapter 25 Section 1The Cold War BeginsSection 3Political Realignment Deepens the CrisisHow did Lincoln and Douglas differ on the issue of slavery?11LincolnDouglasSpoke with direct and deliberate tone focusing on how slavery was a struggle between right and wrong.Had an energetic, commanding voice and spoke of the political issues.Opposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, popular sovereignty, and the Scott decision.Supported the Kansas-Nebraska Act and popular sovereignty.Opposed the annexation of Texas.Supported the annexation of Texas.On the issue of slavery:Compare the positions of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas on the issue of slavery.Chapter 25 Section 1The Cold War BeginsSection 3Political Realignment Deepens the Crisis

Compare the positions of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas on the issue of slavery.Chapter 25 Section 1The Cold War BeginsSection 3Political Realignment Deepens the Crisis10.3B; D13Douglas won the Senate seat by a slim margin. The debates gave Abraham Lincoln national recognition that was important in the 1860 presidential election.Both candidates believed the issue of slavery had to be resolved peacefully, within the framework of laws. Compare the positions of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas on the issue of slavery.Chapter 25 Section 1The Cold War BeginsSection 3Political Realignment Deepens the Crisis

Explain the effect of John Browns raid on the slavery debate.Chapter 25 Section 1The Cold War BeginsSection 3Political Realignment Deepens the Crisis10.315His goal was to inspire local slaves to join a revolution that would defeat slavery.John Brown organized a small party of men and attacked a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry in Virginia.Explain the effect of John Browns raid on the slavery debate.Chapter 25 Section 1The Cold War BeginsSection 3Political Realignment Deepens the CrisisJohn Browns raid failed but intensified national division.Most abolitionists (black and white) refused to join Brown although a few sent money for guns.Brown was arrested, tried, and executed.Lincoln and other Republicans condemned Brown.The South was on alert and many prepared for war.

Explain the effect of John Browns raid on the slavery debate.Chapter 25 Section 1The Cold War BeginsSection 3Political Realignment Deepens the CrisisThe possibility of war between the North and South loomed.

Near the end of the 1850s, attempts at compromise over slavery had failed.Explain the effect of John Browns raid on the slavery debate.Chapter 25 Section 1The Cold War BeginsSection 3Political Realignment Deepens the CrisisBy the mid-1850s, events caused a deep divide between sections of the nation that seemed unable to be resolved through negotiation and compromise. As new political parties emerged, more opinions continued to surface.

Two key figured, Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas, seemed to represent the main beliefs in the North.

As the westward expansion continued, these deep sectional differences threatened to tear the nation apart. Violent clashes began to emerge. What developments deepened the divisions between the North and South?

Analyze how deepening sectional distrust affected the nations politics.Compare the positions of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas on the issue of slavery.Explain the effect of John Browns raid on the slavery debate.Chapter 25 Section 1The Cold War BeginsSection 3Political Realignment Deepens the Crisis