DRED SCOTT – an African American who had been a slave and moved by his master to a state where slavery was illegal

DRED SCOTT CASE – Scott sued for his freedom, claiming that since he was held as a slave where it was illegal he should be free (1857)

Supreme Court ruled that Scott was not an American citizen because he was a slave and thus could not sue

Northerners were outraged and Southerners were happy

ROGER B TANEY – Chief Justice that ruled in the Dred Scott case

ABRAHAM LINCOLN – Born poor in Ky. – had little formal education – became successful lawyer

LINCOLN DOUGLAS DEBATES – set the standard for modern day political debates

Lincoln: Stop spread of slavery

Douglas: slavery

backward but

not immoral

Douglas wins the election in 1858 for the Illinois Senate (Freeport Doctrine) but Lincoln shows he has the potential to win an office in the future

HARPER’S FERRY – a United States weapons arsenal in Virginia

JOHN BROWN’S PLAN – Brown wanted to capture the arsenal and then helprevolting slaves gain their freedom

JOHN BROWN’S ATTACK AT HARPER’S FERRY

John Brown’s plan does not work – no slaves revolt and join him

Brown is arrested and charged with treason and murder – he is sentenced to hang

LAST MOMENTS OF JOHN BROWN

The North feels Brown is a hero, the South is glad he is dead

His death brings the slavery issue to the boiling point

Election of 1860

Democrats could not agree on how slavery would be explained in their PLATFORM

Republicans – Abraham Lincoln

Southern Democrats – John Breckinridge

Northern Democrats – Stephen Douglas

Constitutional Union – John Bell

Warm-Up

Grab a Mini-Quiz from the back of the room

Complete the “Mini-Quiz” up to question 10.

You should not use your notes

You have exactly 5 minutes…

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Lincoln wins many votes in the North and since the North has a larger population he wins the election http://www.wildwestweb.net/cwleaders/Abraham%20Lincoln.jpg

The South is afraid that Lincoln will now try to abolish slavery in the United States

SECEDE – to withdraw from the Union, split with the country

Nullification

South Carolina becomes the first to secede on December 20, 1860

In the next six weeks more states secede: Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas

These states form their own country – THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA

JEFFERSON DAVIS is elected president of the Confederate States of America

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Northerners felt that secession was unconstitutional and the South did NOT have the right to leave

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Lincoln becomes the 16th president in March of 1861

Lincoln tells the South he does not accept their secession