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The Nation Breaking Apart. Slavery Dominates Politics Chapter 15 Section 2. Slavery and Political Division. The Whig Party – split into 2 factions; Southerners supported Kansas-Nebraska Act; Northerners opposed it. Northern Whigs formed Republican Party.
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The Nation Breaking Apart Slavery Dominates Politics Chapter 15 Section 2
Slavery and Political Division • The Whig Party – split into 2 factions; Southerners supported Kansas-Nebraska Act; Northerners opposed it. • Northern Whigs formed Republican Party. • Southerners joined the Democratic Party.
The Republican Party Forms • Republicans – anti-slavery; sectional party. • Moral arguments against slavery and condescending to agriculture and slavery. • “Bleeding Kansas” turning point and Republicans blamed the Democrats for the violence. • John C. Fremont nominated for president.
Election of 1856 • Democrats nominated James Buchanan. • Said his goal was to maintain the union; said little about slavery. • Know-Nothing Party nominated Millard Fillmore; divided over slavery and little power. • Buchanan won the election, but Republicans proved to be a major source in the North.
The Breaking Point • Dred Scott – slave in MO, but had been free previously; when his owner died he claimed to be free; Dred Scott v.Sandford. • The Supreme Court ruled against Scott. • Chief Justice, Roger B. Taney, ruled that Scott was not a citizen and could not sue.
The Lincoln-Douglas Debate • Abraham Lincoln ran against Stephen Douglas in the for the IL U.S. Senate seat. • Republicans feared that the Democrats wanted to legalize slavery nationwide. • “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” • Lincoln and Douglas held debates across IL. • Lincoln argued slavery should not be expanded; Douglas argued for popular sovereignty.
Lincoln-Douglas Debates • Popular sovereignty was made unconstitutional by the Supreme Court’s Dred Scott Decision. • People could not vote to ban slavery because it took away slaveholders property rights. • Douglas won reelection. • Lincoln received much notoriety in the country and strengthened his position in the Republican Party.
John Brown’s Raid • John Brown planned to capture weapons arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, VA. • 18 followers – 13 whites and 5 blacks. Captured Harpers Ferry. • Could rally local slaves to help. • U.S. Marines sent in and Brown captured. • Brown convicted of murder and treason(betrayal of country)