--Road to War--
I. Sectional Differences:
II. COMPROMISE OF 1850
1845: 15-13 (Texas and Florida)
1846: 15-14 (Iowa)
1848: 15-15 (Wisconsin)
1. Fugitive Slave Act
2. Abolish slave trade in D.C.
3. Cali in as Free State
4. Popular Sovereignty in new territories
5. Resolved boundary dispute btw. Texas
and New Mexico
III. The Trouble Escalates:
A. Transcontinental Railroad
--Stephen Douglas
B. Kansas-Nebraska Act
C. “Bleeding Kansas” (1854-1858)
--New England Emigrant Aid Company
--“Beecher’s Bibles”
--John Brown
--Pottawatomie Creek (May 24, 1856)
D. The Caning of Sumner (1856)
IV. Party Politics
A. Decline of the Whigs
B. Rise and Fall of the "Know-Nothings"
C. Rise of the Republicans
--
The Election of 1856--
Buchanan(Dem.) vs. Fremont(Rep.) in North
Buchanan vs. Fillmore in South
(American/Know-Nothing/Whig)
V. On the Verge of War:
A. Dred Scott
B. Panic of 1857
C. Lincoln-Douglas Debate for Senate
(Rep.) (Dem.)
D. John Brown's Raid
E. The Election of Lincoln
Lincoln (Rep.)
Douglas (Dem.) {border and North}
Breckinridge (Dem.) {South}
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