Chapter 19 Flashcards
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1857
The Impending Crisis of the South
addressed to poor whites without slaves
New England Emigrant Aid Company
famous antislavery organization
sent 2000 people to Kansas to forestall South and make profit
2 capitols in local elections
south - Lecompton
north - Lawrence
Sack of Lawrence
May 1856
proslavery raiders shot up and burnt the town of Lawrence
Pottawatomie Massacre
May 1856
John Brown
kill 5 men presumed to be proslaverites
Lecompton Compromise
people we not allowed to vote for or against the constitution as a whole, but for the constitution either with or without slavery
Election of 1856
Democrats - James Buchanan
Republicans - John C. Frémont
Know nothings - Millard Fillmore
Buchanan won
The Financial Crash of 1857
caused by:
California gold rush
Crimean War
Business failure
Tariff of 1857
reduced duties to 20% on dutiable goods
Lincoln v. Douglas
7 debates from August to October 1858
Lincoln - against expansion of slavery
Douglas - popular sovereignty
Freeport Doctrine
speech by Douglas
argued that the people had the last say on slavery by using popular sovereignty
John Brown October 1859
invaded Harper’s Ferry
expected slaves to revolt but they failed to rise
all abolitionists including Brown were killed
Democratic Party during election of 1860
met in Charleston, South Carolina
Northern democrats - Douglas
Southern democrats left convention and met in Baltimore to elect John C. Breckinridge
May 22 1856
Charles Sumner beaten with cane by Preston Brooks
Republican Party in election of 1860
gathered in Chicago
William Seward - favorite
Lincoln - second best; awkward but arresting
Winner of election of 1860
Lincoln
Secession
South Carolina Georgia Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Texas Florida
Jefferson Davis
president of the Confederate States of America
Henry Crittenden
created a compromise to bring back the 35°30’ line
Lincoln rejected it
Other party in election 1860
John Bell
Know nothing party
pro compromise
Dred Scott v. Stanford
Court sided with Standford
slaves weren’t citizens of the US, but property
slaves couldn’t be a citizen of any particular state or territory
slaves we’re denied the right to sue in court
slaves couldn’t win or earn freedom by living in free territory or state
Missouri Compromise ruled unconstitutional
Chief Justice in 1850
Roger B. Taney
Harriet Beecher Stowe
1852
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
South called it a book of lies
