Chapter 3-4 The Coming of the Civil War
America: Pathways to the Present
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The Coming of the Civil War
• How did U.S. expansion to the Pacific affect slavery in the territories?
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Expanding to the Pacific
• Westward Expansion made slavery a difficult issue
• Manifest Destiny
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Expanding to the Pacific
• Annexation of Texas
• 1846 War With Mexico – Causes
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Expanding to the Pacific
• Mexican War Events
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Expanding to the Pacific
Results of the Mexican War
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Expanding to the Pacific
• The California Gold Rush
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Expanding to the Pacific
• Indians and Western Migration
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Slavery in the Territories
• Wilmot Proviso, 1846
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Slavery in the Territories
• Compromise of 1850
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Slavery in the Territories
• Differences between the North and South
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Slavery in the Territories
– Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Slavery in the Territories
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
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The Coming of the Civil War
• What changes in political parties occurred in the 1850s?
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Changes in Political Parties
• The Know-Nothing Party
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Changes in Political Parties
• A new Republican Party
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The Coming of the Civil War
• How did North-South tensions worsen in the 1850s?
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Worsening Tensions
• “Bleeding Kansas”
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Worsening Tensions
• The Election of 1856
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Worsening Tensions
• The Dred Scott Decision
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Worsening Tensions
• The Lecompton Constitution
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The Coming of the Civil War
• What issues dominated the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
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The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
• Lincoln-Douglas Debates
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The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
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The Coming of the Civil War
• What events finally divided the nation and led to war?
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A Nation Divided
• John Brown’s Raid
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A Nation Divided
• The Election of 1860
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A Nation Divided
• The Lower South Secedes
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A Nation Divided
• The War Starts
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