Slide 1CHAPTER 4: THE UNION IN PERIL BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THE CIVIL WAR 1850-1877 Slide 2 THE DIVISIVE POLITICS OF SLAVERY Over the centuries, the Northern and Southern…

Slide 1Chapter 10, section 3 The Birth of the Republican Party Slide 2 Horace Greeley Editor of New York Tribune Staunch abolitionist Argues against popular sovereignty and…

Slide 1The Civil War 1861-1865 A Ride for Liberty-The Fugitive Slaves by Eastman Johnson Slide 2 The Election of 1860 Charleston Democratic Convention –2/3rds rule and…

Slide 1Life in Colonial America U.S. History Standard 8.1 Slide 2 The Colonies Grow Agriculture, commerce, and trade grow As the population of the colonies increased Slide…

Slide 1The Lincoln Memorial "A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Wilmont Proviso  All territory gained from the Mexican War would be closed to slavery.  California, Utah, New Mexico  Southerners angered for many…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3 Democratic Platform: 1856 That the Federal Government is one of limited power, derived solely from the Constitution; and the grants of power made…

Slide 1Chapter 15 Toward the Civil War (1840-1861) Section 1 Slavery and the West Slide 2 Chapter Time Line Slide 3 Slide 4 A.A B.B C.C D.D Section 1-Polling QuestionSection…

Slide 1 Slide 2 During the 1840’s & 50’s, Why did the idea civil war in the US appear to be inevitable? Slide 3 LINCOLN VS DOUGLASS 1858: Lincoln-Douglas Debates…

Slide 1 Causes of the Civil War Task Cards Slide 2 The Civil War was waged because 11 southern states seceded (broke away and started their own government) from the Union…