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The 1860 Election & the Coming of the Civil War. I. Three Long Term Causes of the Civil War. A. The Rise of the Anti-Slavery Movement (1830s ). B. Slavery and Westward Expansion (1840s ). C. Bad Political Leaders (1850s ). B. The Late 1850s: The Crisis Worsens.
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B. The Late 1850s: The Crisis Worsens 1. Uncle Tom’s Cabin Upsets the South (1852)
A. The 1860 Election: Rising Republicans and Divided Democrats
D. The Crittendon Amendments and Failed Compromise (Jan-March)
IV. Lingering Questions: What Ifs….. • The south hadn’t seceded? • Lincoln had accepted the Crittendon Compromise? • Northerners had just paid southerners to free their slaves?