CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR

CONNECT THESE…

PMQ #4, 5: Transportation and

Agriculture and

Commerce and

Sectionalism ???

1850 -1852P

earl Incident 1848

C

ompromise of 1850

T

he case of Frederick Jenkins 51

U

ncle Tom’s Cabin 52 ; Memoir of Daniel Drayton 53

Y

oung America - Early 50s

E

lection of 1852: Scott v Pierce• Conscience Whigs and Cotton Whigs

READ ONE ASSIGNED SET OF THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS. SOAPSTONES ONE DOC. DUE

TOMORROW:

Kennedy The

American Spirit, Ch19

1

9B: – Bleeding Kansas

1

9C: – Dred Scott Case

1

9D: – Lincoln Douglas Debates

1

9E: – Harper’s Ferry

1

9F: – Campaign of 1860

O

stend Manifesto

G

adsden Purchase

B

urns Incident

K

now Nothings

K

ansas Nebraska Act: The Single Greatest Causal

Event???

I

f not, then what?

1853-1856

R

epublican Party

T

opeka and LeCompton Constitutions

B

rooks-Sumner Incident

E

lection of 1856

1857-1860D

red Scott Decision

B

uchanan and the Kansas Problem

L

incoln- Douglas Debates

E

lections of 1858

J

ohn Brown’s Raid

E

lection of 1860:

S

outh Carolina : Dec 20th vote

C

rittenden Compromise

PUT THE FOLLOWING EVENTS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER 1-13:

Dred Scott Case

Crittenden Compromise

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Franklin Pierce’s election in 1852

Uncle Tom’s Cabin first published

Kansas Nebraska Act

Firing on Fort Sumter, April 1861

John Brown’s revenge at Pottawatomie Creek

Lincoln elected President

John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry

A new Republican Party Forms

The sack of Lawrence KN by a pro-slavery mob

Attempt to buy Cuba in Ostend Manifesto

GOT SIGNIFICANCE?

W

ealthy land speculator

H

elped make Chicago a major hub of railroads

E

lected to Illinois legislature in 1836

J

udge of Supreme Court of Illinois 1841-1843

E

lected to US House of Representatives in 1843

E

lected to US Senate in 1846 [serves until 1861]

S

upported the Compromise of 1850

P

ushes Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854

STEPHEN DOUGLASS

eries of debates w/ Lincoln - US Senate

campaign 1858

N

ominated for US Presidency ’60

S

outhern Democrats choose John C.

Breckenridge

O

ffered his services to President Lincoln

after outbreak of War

D

ouglas toured border states to arouse

enthusiasm for Union cause

Born in KY to dirt poor parents

Parents move to IN, then IL.

2 flatboat trips to NO

Moves to Salem IL.

Passes bar Exam 1836

Serves 4 terms in ILs House, 34-42

Wins one term as US Rep 46

Offers Spot Resolutions, opposing

Polk’s War

ABRAHAM LINCOLN Successful legal practice

Speaks against K-N Act

Speaks against Dred Scott

Nominated as Republican

candidate for US Senate

Lincoln Douglas Debates

Nominated Rep. candidate

and wins Presidency in 4 way

race ‘60

PRESIDENT