PERIOD 5: 1844-1877
Transcript of PERIOD 5: 1844-1877
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PERIOD 5: 1844-1877APUSH – MS. JUSTICE - BHS
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COLLAPSE OF THE SECOND PARTY SYSTEM
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KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT
• Voided the Missouri Compromise • Divided Nebraska into two territories:
Nebraska (free soil) & Kansas (slavery)• “Bleeding Kansas”
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POLITICAL PARTIES
• Whigs disintegrate• Know-Nothings rise & fall• The Republican Party
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ELECTION OF 1856
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ELECTION OF 1856ELECTION OF 1852
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THE CRISIS OF THE UNION
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DRED SCOTT CASE
• Dred Scott sued for his freedom after living in Wisconsin for 2 years
• Supreme Court Chief Justice Taney: o Scott could not sue for his freedomo Scott could never become a citizen o Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional
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LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES
• 1858 Illinois Senate Race:o Lincoln became a Republican in 1856o Douglas personified the Democratic Party in the West
• Douglas won the election• Lincoln became famous in the north and infamous in the south
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HARPER’S FERRY
• 1859 - John Brown tried to start a slave uprising in Virginia• Led an attack on an arsenal in Harper’s Ferry• Captured by federal troops after a 2 day siege
• South – proof of the North’s true intentions; Republican Party was to blame
• Some Southerners begin contemplating secession