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Problems of Sectional Balancein 1850
Problems of Sectional Balancein 1850
ß California statehood.
ß Southern “fire-eaters” threateningsecession.
ß Underground RR & fugitive slave issues:
Personal liberty laws
Prigg v. Pennsylvania (1842)
ß California statehood.
ß Southern “fire-eaters” threateningsecession.
ß Underground RR & fugitive slave issues:
Personal liberty laws
Prigg v. Pennsylvania (1842)
HarrietBeecherStowe(1811 – 1896)
HarrietBeecherStowe(1811 – 1896)
So this is the lady who started the Civil War.
-- Abraham Lincoln
So this is the lady who started the Civil War.
-- Abraham Lincoln
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
1852
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
1852 Sold 300,000 copies inthe first year.
2 million in a decade!
Pushed anti-slavery movement…yet led to racist stereotypes!
Sold 300,000 copies inthe first year.
2 million in a decade!
Pushed anti-slavery movement…yet led to racist stereotypes!
The “Know-Nothings” [The American Party]
The “Know-Nothings” [The American Party]
ß Nativists.
ß Anti-Catholics.
ß Anti-immigrants.
ß Nativists.
ß Anti-Catholics.
ß Anti-immigrants.1849 Secret Order of the
Star-Spangled Banner created in NYC.
1849 Secret Order of the Star-Spangled Banner created in NYC.
1852 Presidential Election1852 Presidential Election1852 Presidential Election1852 Presidential Election
√ Franklin Pierce Gen. Winfield Scott John Parker Hale Democrat Whig Free Soil
√ Franklin Pierce Gen. Winfield Scott John Parker Hale Democrat Whig Free Soil
“Bleeding Kansas”“Bleeding Kansas”
Border “Ruffians”
(pro-slavery
Missourians)
Border “Ruffians”
(pro-slavery
Missourians)
“The Crime Against Kansas”
“The Crime Against Kansas”
Sen. Charles Sumner(R-MA)
Sen. Charles Sumner(R-MA)
Congr. Preston Brooks(D-SC)
Congr. Preston Brooks(D-SC)
John Brown: Madman, Hero or Martyr?
John Brown: Madman, Hero or Martyr?
Mural in the Kansas Capitol building
by John Steuart Curry (20c)
Mural in the Kansas Capitol building
by John Steuart Curry (20c)
Birth of the Republican Party, 1854Birth of the Republican Party, 1854
ß Northern Whigs.
ß Northern Democrats.
ß Free-Soilers.
ß Know-Nothings.
ß Other miscellaneous opponents of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
ß Northern Whigs.
ß Northern Democrats.
ß Free-Soilers.
ß Know-Nothings.
ß Other miscellaneous opponents of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
1856 Presidential 1856 Presidential ElectionElection
1856 Presidential 1856 Presidential ElectionElection
√ James Buchanan John C. Frémont Millard Fillmore Democrat Republican Whig
√ James Buchanan John C. Frémont Millard Fillmore Democrat Republican Whig
What caused thePanic of 1857??What caused thePanic of 1857??
What were itsaffects on the nation?
What were itsaffects on the nation?
Panic of 1857Panic of 1857
• The decision of British investors to remove funds The decision of British investors to remove funds from U.S. banks, which raised questions about from U.S. banks, which raised questions about overall U.S. economic soundnessoverall U.S. economic soundness
• The fall of grain prices, which spread economic The fall of grain prices, which spread economic misery into rural areas, because of the end of misery into rural areas, because of the end of the Crimean War and Russian re-entry into the Crimean War and Russian re-entry into global marketsglobal markets
• The collapse of land speculation programs that The collapse of land speculation programs that depended on new rail routes, ruining thousands depended on new rail routes, ruining thousands of investorsof investors
Panic of 1857Panic of 1857• Proposed that the Treasury be authorized to sell Proposed that the Treasury be authorized to sell
revenue bondsrevenue bonds
• The Tariff Act of 1857 that followed reduced the The Tariff Act of 1857 that followed reduced the average tariff rate to about 20% average tariff rate to about 20%
• The South was much less hard-hit than other regions The South was much less hard-hit than other regions because of the stability of the cotton market.because of the stability of the cotton market.
The Lincoln-Douglas (Illinois Senate) Debates, 1858
The Lincoln-Douglas (Illinois Senate) Debates, 1858
A House divided against itself, cannot stand.
A House divided against itself, cannot stand.
Stephen Douglas
& the
Freeport Doctrine
Stephen Douglas
& the
Freeport DoctrinePopular
Sovereignty?
PopularSovereig
nty?
18601860PresidentialPresidential
ElectionElection
18601860PresidentialPresidential
ElectionElection
√ Abraham Lincoln
Republican
√ Abraham Lincoln
Republican
John BellConstitutional
Union
John BellConstitutional
Union
Stephen A. DouglasNorthern Democrat
Stephen A. DouglasNorthern Democrat
John C. Breckinridge
Southern Democrat
John C. Breckinridge
Southern Democrat
Republican Party Platform in 1860Republican Party Platform in 1860ß Non-extension of slavery [for the Free-Soilers].
ß Protective tariff [for the No. Industrialists].
ß No abridgment of rights for immigrants [a disappointment for the “Know-Nothings”].
ß Government aid to build a Pacific RR [for the Northwest].
ß Internal improvements [for the West] at federal expense.
ß Free homesteads for the public domain [for farmers].
ß Non-extension of slavery [for the Free-Soilers].
ß Protective tariff [for the No. Industrialists].
ß No abridgment of rights for immigrants [a disappointment for the “Know-Nothings”].
ß Government aid to build a Pacific RR [for the Northwest].
ß Internal improvements [for the West] at federal expense.
ß Free homesteads for the public domain [for farmers].
Crittenden Compromise:
A Last Ditch Appeal
Crittenden Compromise:
A Last Ditch Appeal
Senator John J. Crittenden
(Know-Nothing-KY)
Senator John J. Crittenden
(Know-Nothing-KY)