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Chapter 19 reading notes

Chapter 19 reading notes. Campaign of 1856 “Kansas-less” Buchanan became Democrats’ choice 1 st Republican campaign: John C. Fremont (“higher-law” Seward had too many enemies) Platform: NO slavery in territories Know-Nothings: Millard Fillmore (almost-dead Whig Party also endorsed him)

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Chapter 19 reading notes

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  1. Chapter 19 reading notes Campaign of 1856 “Kansas-less” Buchananbecame Democrats’ choice 1st Republican campaign: John C. Fremont (“higher-law” Seward had too many enemies) Platform: NO slavery in territories Know-Nothings: Millard Fillmore (almost-dead Whig Party also endorsed him) Platform: anti-Catholic, anti-foreign super-patriots

  2. Chapter 19 reading notes Campaign of 1856 Fire-eaters threatening secession if a “Black Republican” was elected bullied • Northerners to who wished to save the Union, and • business folks with connections in South

  3. Chapter 19 reading notes Panic of 1857 Not the worst, economically speaking But worst psychologically speaking Causes? Inpouring California gold inflating currency Crimean War (Russia) overstimulated grain market Speculation in land and railroads

  4. Chapter 19 reading notes Panic of 1857 Results? 5,000 businesses failed in 1 year Widespread unemploymentand misery North = hardest hit AND new demand for free farms BUT…Southern cotton = hardly affected at all  Dangerous delusion cotton was, indeed, KING and the South was economically stronger than the North

  5. Chapter 19 reading notes Panic of 1857 Months before the Panic, the Treasury was embarrassed by a surplus, So, therefore, lowered the tariff Tariff of 1857:  by 20% THEN Panic came… Lesson to Northern manufacturers? Support Republicans to get  tariff

  6. Chapter 19 reading notes 1858 Illinois Senatorial Campaign 7 Lincoln-Douglas Debates Most famous: Freeport, IL Lincoln: Suppose the people of a territory should vote slavery down. The Supreme Court in the Dred Scott decision has decreed that they could not. Who would win: the Court or the people?

  7. Chapter 19 reading notes 1858 Illinois Senatorial Campaign 7 Lincoln-Douglas Debates Most famous: Freeport, IL Douglas: (Freeport Doctrine) No matter how the Supreme Court ruled, slavery would stay down if the people did not pass laws to protect slavery. Then slavery would disappear.

  8. Chapter 19 reading notes 1858 Illinois Senatorial Campaign Lincoln-Douglas Debates Illinois state legislators re-elected Douglas BUT… Lincoln (whom most historians say won the debates) emerged as a national Republican spokesman

  9. Chapter 19 reading notes 1860 Election Northern Democrats: Breckinridge (KY) Southern Democrats: Douglas (IL) Constitutional Union: John Bell (TN) Republicans: Lincoln (IL)

  10. Chapter 19 reading notes 1860 Election Lincoln = minority president *Elected by only 40% of the voters, but 59% of electoral vote (all but 3 of free states’ votes) *Regional president (10 states did not have him on their ballot)

  11. Chapter 19 reading notes Crittenden Amendments *Slavery prohibited north of 36-30 line, again *South of 36-30, slavery = protected in all territories “hereafter” (hinting at Cuba, also) *Future states, North or South of 36-30 could come in as free or slave as they chose Lincoln rejected these outright

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