Sectionalism and the Doorstep to War
1 THE CORDS OF UNION BROKEN PART 1 THE ROAD TO THE CIVIL WAR 1848 TO 1861.
To Secede or Not to Secede
US History Unit 2 Notes on The Civil War
Sectionalism Part 1 7
10-3. The Birth of the Republican Party Main Idea – The issue of slavery dominated U.S. politics in the 1850s.
How did we get to the Civil War? U.S. History Summer School 2014.
Blood. What does it mean “to spill blood”? When blood is spilled, everything changes.
NORTHSOUTH By the early 19 th century, northern states had either abolished slavery or put it on the road to extinction southern states were building.
The Antebellum Presidents: Part 2. Zachary Taylor 1784 – 1850 12 th President (1849–50) “Old Rough and Ready” Slave owner, but believed slavery wouldn’t.
EVENTS LEADING TO THE CIVIL WAR. After the Louisiana Purchase (1803), both the North & South wanted the acquired western land to benefit their sectional.
WESTWARD EXPANSION. MANIFEST DESTINY 1840’s expansion of the west exploded. Felt moving westward was predestined by God Reasons – abundance of land, new.
