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Bell Ringer

Bell Ringer. Come up with a list of 7 details/events you would use to define and support the idea of Sectionalism!. Objectives “Prelude to War”. Outline the events that lead to southern secession. Detail the election of 1860. Background….

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Bell Ringer

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  1. Bell Ringer Come up with a list of 7 details/events you would use to define and support the idea of Sectionalism!

  2. Objectives “Prelude to War” Outline the events that lead to southern secession. Detail the election of 1860.

  3. Background… Slavery dominated politics. Lincoln was running for Senate in 1858. In his campaign, he made a prediction/statement… “A house divided against itself cannot stand” and “I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free”.

  4. Events leading up to the Civil War December 1859 John Brown Hanged 1858 Lincoln-Douglas Debates 1856 Dred Scott Case 1857 Lecompton Constitution (Kansas) 1860 Presidential Election October 1859 Raid on Harpers Ferry

  5. The Dred Scott Case (1856) Refer to your GOLD PACKET!! It looks like  this…

  6. Lecompton Constitution (Kansas) This is the constitution put together by the state of Kansas. It was VERY pro-slavery! It was voted down by the Free-Soil Party members in Kansas overwhelmingly. President Buchanan endorsed the constitution anyways, and sent it to Congress for final approval. Douglas opposed it strongly and swayed opinions in Congress enough to get it rejected.

  7. Lincoln-Douglas Debates (1858) Lincoln runs for Senate in Illinois. He is not well-known, so he challenges Douglas to a series of debates in front of the public. Steven Douglas Abraham Lincoln Douglas believes in popular sovereignty to decide the issue. Lincoln believes slavery is immoral.

  8. Harpers Ferry (October 1859) John Brown was a radical abolitionist. He concocted a plan to raid the US Federal Arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, take the weapons, and arm the slaves in an uprising… it didn’t work!

  9. John Brown’s Hanging (December 1859) After Harper’s Ferry, Brown is arrested and tried for high treason. He was hanged on December 2nd. • Response to John Brown • Northerners admired him and his cause • Southerners accused northerners of plotting slave uprisings and called for secession!!

  10. Election of 1860 Background At the Republican Convention, the delegates were trying to decide between William Stewart and Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was not well known but Stewart had offended some of the delegated in the past. The delegates picked Lincoln!

  11. Election of 1860 Results Lincoln did not even appear on the ballot in many southern states. Despite this, he won the election by taking 180 electoral votes. He actually took less than half of the popular vote. With the election of Lincoln, the south decided to act… Impact South Carolina was first to secede in December 1860. The southern states met in February of 1861 and formed a confederacy. They elected Jefferson Davis as their President!

  12. The Main CONSTITUTIONAL Principle behind the North vs South Conflict leading to the Civil War STATES RIGHTS!!!!

  13. American Map 1861

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