the Union in Peril

QUIZ CH 9 S 41. Name the city and state where gold was found2. Name the 11th President3. Founded a colony in Texas 4. Name one hero from the Battle that they

fought for Independence5. Name the treaty that completed United States 6. Name the safe path that led settlers to the

west7. Name the Battle in Texas where they fought

for Independence8. Term for US expansion ocean to ocean9. Name the Mexican president10.Name the boundary of Texas

Chapter 10 Section 1

Zachary Taylor

12th President

War with Mexico Acquisition of California

Slave state? Free state?

• California became a Free state

• North must enforce the Fugitive Slave Law• Ban slave trade in Washington D.C.

• Stephen Douglas• Proposed popular sovereignty- let the people in the territory decide by voting

•Henry ClayHenry Clay

Compromise of 1850

Compromise of 1850

Popular Sovereignty

Millard Fillmore

Zachary Taylor dies•13th President

all runaway slaves must be return to their

masters. 

Abolitionists refuse to enforce the law

Fugitive Slave Act

Underground Railroad

Network of people that helped slaves escape from south

Secret routes and safe houses were created

Harriet Tubman Ex- slave Risked her life to

save more than 300 slaves from the south

Known as “Black Moses”

Harriet Beecher Stowe Wrote the book:

Uncle Tom’s Cabin Message: moral struggle described slavery in vivid and emotional images

Angered South

1852 Presidential Election1852 Presidential Election

Franklin Pierce Gen. Winfield Scott John Parker Hale Democrat Whig Free Soil

Franklin Pierce 14th President

Birth of the Republican Party, 1854Birth of Republican

Founded by anti-slavery, Whigs and Free-Soiler

Major goal: keep slavery out of WEST Also known as GOP (Grand Old Party)

Kansas-Nebraska ACT Stephen Douglas

Introduced a bill to organize Nebraska territoryProposed to divided territoryRepeal Missouri CompromiseApplied popular sovereignty

“Bleeding Kansas”Anti-slavery decided to move to

Kansas to votePopular

SovereigntyPro-slavery decided to move to

Kansas as well

• Thousands more Missourians crossed the border and voted illegally outnumbering the anti-slavery

• Resulted in two government settling in Kansas

•Thousands more Missourians crossed the border and voted illegally outnumbering the anti-slavery•Resulted in two government settling in Kansas

Lawrence (anti-slavery town) burned down to the ground

John Brown lead a group and attack a pro-slavery settlement that lead to 400 pro-slavery fighting back at Osawatomie

“Bleeding Kansas”

Congr. Brooks hit Sen. Sumner in

the head several times due to his remarks against

pro-slavery

Congr. Preston Brooks(D-SC)

Sen. Charles Sumner(R-MA)

“Bleeding Kansas”

Chapter 10 Section 2 Copy EXACTLY what you see.

Including the three boxes on top Questions and answers

Chapter 10 Section 3

CHAPTER 10 SEC 3-4

Quiz Ch 10 S11. She helped more than 300 slaves escape2. A network of people who helped slave escape to the North3. She wrote the book called Uncle Tom’s Cabin 4. He was the 12th president of the US5. Term where people decided by voting6. Agreement where California became a free state7. Law where runaway slaves must be return to the South8. Event where several killing occurred between pro and anti slaves. 9. Name the 13th President10. He proposed that people should decided on their fate regarding their territory.

1856 Presidential Election

James Buchanan John C. Frémont Millard Fillmore Democrat Republican Whig

1856Electi

on Resul

ts

James Buchanan 15th President

Dred Scott v. Sanford, 1857

Dred Scott v. Sanford Slave who

lived in Missouri (slave state)

Slave State

Dred Scott v. Sanford, 1857 Then moved

to Illinois, then to Minnesota (free states)

Dred Scott v. Sanford

Dred Scott v. Sanford, 1857 Then moved

back to Missouri Scott’s master

dies

Slave State

Dred Scott v. Sanford

Scott decided to sue for his freedom

Question: Does a slave

have a right to sue?

Can a slave becomes free when he moves to a free state?

Is slavery legal?

Decision: Slaves are not citizens

therefore, can not sue. They are property. 5th Amendment- no

one shall be deprived of their property Missouri

Compromise- unconstitutional

Court ruled that Congress can not outlaw slavery.

Slaves are allowed everywhere

The Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 1858

Stephen Douglas Abraham Lincoln

Issue: Slavery

• Against Slavery• A house divided

against itself cannot stand

• Argued for Popular Sovereignty- slavery should be decided by people

John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry, 1859

John Brown led a slave revolt to strike fear at the heart of the south

Attempted to capture arsenal at Harper’s Ferry

Several mistakes caused it’s failure

He was captured and hanged

•His last words were to this His last words were to this effect:effect: “I believe that the issue of “I believe that the issue of

slavery will never be solved slavery will never be solved unless through the shedding of unless through the shedding of

blood.”blood.”•Northerners thought of John Northerners thought of John

Brown as a martyr to the Brown as a martyr to the abolitionist cause.abolitionist cause.

•Southerners were terrified that if Southerners were terrified that if John Brown almost got away with John Brown almost got away with

this, there must be others like this, there must be others like him in the North who are willing him in the North who are willing

to die to end slavery.to die to end slavery.•South’s outcome: To leave the South’s outcome: To leave the U.S. and start their own country.U.S. and start their own country.

Picture/J.Brown Hanging

1860PresidentialElection

Abraham Lincoln

Republican

John BellConstitutional

Union

Stephen A. DouglasNorthern Democrat

John C. Breckinridge

Southern Democrat

1860 Election: A Nation Coming Apart?!

1860Electio

nResult

s

Abraham Lincoln

16th President

Secession- the act of withdrawing from a union

South Carolina was the first to secede

Other southern states followed

Confederate State

Southern States Stressed sovereignty

and independence of each state

Slave held as property

Elected Jefferson Davis as President

Lame Duck

James Buchanan can only do little Has to wait for Lincoln to take over“Lame Duck”

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Secession

Secession!: SC Dec. 20, 1860

Fort Sumter: April 12, 1861