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GIGLIOTTI PRESENTS:. ROAD TO CIVIL WAR!. A MULTI-MEDIA SPECTACULAR!. ELECTION OF 1856. MILLARD FILLMORE. KNOW NOTHING PARTY. JAMES BUCHANAN. JOHN “PATHFINDER” FREEMONT. DEMOCRAT. REPUBLICAN. RESULTS. BUCHANAN. DEMOCRAT. FILLMORE. KNOW NOTHING . FREMONT. REPUBLICAN. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
JAMES BUCHANANDEMOCRAT
JOHN “PATHFINDER” FREEMONT
REPUBLICAN
MILLARD FILLMOREKNOW NOTHING
PARTY
BUCHANANDEMOCRAT
FREMONT
REPUBLICAN
FILLMOREKNOW NOTHING
ABOUT BUCHANAN
“DOUGHFACE”
PATRIOTIC, CONSIENTIOUS,CONSERVATIVE – MANY
DISLIKE HIM
PRO-SOUTHERN – FROM PA
DRED SCOTT V. SANFORDSCOTT IS A SLAVE LIVED IN ILLINOIS (5 YEARS IN WISCONSON)
NO SLAVERY PERMITTED IN THE NORTH – SO HE SUES FOR
HIS FREEDOMCASE GETS TO THE SUPREME COURT – CHEIF JUSTICE TANEYSCOTT LOSES 7-2 – HE IS NOT A CITIZEN – A SLAVE IS STILL A
SLAVE IN A FREE STATE – MISSOURI COMPROMISE IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
FEAR THAT SLAVERY COULD NOW BE PERMITTED IN NORTHERN STATES – FREE BLACKS WORRY
DESTROYS & VOIDS ALL OTHER COMPROMISES!
SPLIT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY (NORTH & SOUTH)
DECISION SUPPORTED BY BUCHANANAPPEARS TO MAKE SLAVERY CONSTITUTIONAL!
LINCOLN & DOUGLAS
ARE RUNNING FOR SENATE IN 1856 (ILLINOIS)
A SERIES OF 7 DEBATESBOTH APPEAR
VERY DIFFERENT
DOUGLAS SUPPORTSPOPULAR SOVEREIGNITY
LINCOLN TRICKS HIM INTOSAYING HE IS AGAINST THE
DRED SCOTT DECISION
DOUGLAS WINS ELECTION, BUT REPUTATIONIS HURT – LINCOLN GETS NATIONAL ATTENTION
HOUSEDIVIDE
STRUG
BROWN WANTS TO START A SLAVE REVOLT
ATTACKS FEDERAL ARSENAL AT HARPER’S FERRY
FEDERAL TROOPS SURROUND ARSENAL – BROWN CAPTUREDBROWN IS TRIED & HANGED
BROWN BECOMES A MARTYR – SOUTH FEARS SLAVE REBELLIONS
JOHN BROWN
BLOOD
DOUGLASNORTHERN DEMOCRATE
POPULAR SOV
BRECKINRIDGESOUTHERN DEMOCRAT
ADD CUBA – EXPAND SLAVERY
BELLCONSTITUTIONAL
UNION PARTY
LINCOLNREPUBLICAN
STOP EXPANSIONOF SLAVERY
HAD THREATENED TO LEAVE IF LINCOLN WAS ELECTED
(5-4) IN SUPREME SOURT, CONTROLED SENATE,
AMENDMENT NEED TO ABOLISH SLAVERY)
STILL SAW LINCOLN AS A THREAT!
SECEDE: TO LEAVE OR WITHDRAW FROM THE UNION
SOUTH CAROLINA FIRST TO LEAVE DECEMBER 20, 1860SIX OTHRES
BY FEBRUARY 1861(MISS. /FLA./ALA.
/GA./LA./TEX)SOON LATER ARK.
/TENN./VA./NC.
FEBRUARY 1861 A CONSTITUTION SIMILAR TO THE ARTICLES OF
CONFEDERATION IS DRAFTED IN MONTGUMERY
ALABAMA CREATING THE “CONFEDERATE
STATES OF AMERICA”JEFFERSON DAVIS
ELECTED PRESIDENTRICHMOND = CAPITAL
BUCHANAN DOES NOTHINGCRITTENDEN COMPROMISE
– APPEASE SOUTH? – LINCOLN SAYS NO!
LET STATES GO PEACEFULLY OR?
NO
FEBRUARY 1861
LINCOLN ENTERS WASHINGTON
IN SECRETADDRESS: UPHOLD LAW,
UPHOLD THE UNION, PLEDGES NOT TO INTERFERE WITH
SLAVERY, BLAMES THE SOUTH FOR PROBLEMS
SP
APRIL 1861 CHARLESTOWN SC – UNION FORT
SCATTACKS!
36 HOURS OF BOMBARDMENT – ANDERSON SURRENDERS
MORE STATES SECEDE
LINCOLN CALLS FOR VOLUNTEERS &BLAMES THE SOUTH