APUSH – December 6 • Objectives:

– To demonstrate your mastery of the chapter 19 key terms• Due today:

– Chapter 19 key terms• Homework:

– Tuesday: “Beloved” 20-26– Wednesday: Lincoln-Douglas debate (pdf online)– Thursday: “Beloved” 27-end– Friday: Chapter 20 key terms and quiz, “Gettysburg Address” and “Ms.

Bixby” readings (pdf online)• Agenda:

– Chapter 19 review– Chapter 19 quiz– Lincoln-Douglas Debate reading

CHAPTER 19: DRIFTING TOWARD DISUNION

1854-1861

Literary Incendiaries • Harriet Beecher Stowe– “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”

• Hinda R. Helper– “The Impending Crisis of

the South”

The North-South Contest for Kansas

• Kansas – The worst possible

working for popular sovereignty

• Population• Elections

Kansas In Convulsion •John Brown•Civil War in Kansas •Kansas Statehood•Lecompton Constitution

Bully Brooks and His Bludgeon

• Charles Sumner of Massachusettes

• Preston S. Brooks of South Carolina

• Outcomes:– House of Reps– Free Soilers– South

“Old Buck” Versus “The Pathfinder”

Democrats – James Buchanan• Problem Pierce and Douglas• Popular Sovereignty

Republicans – John C Fremont • Problem with Seward• Against extension of slavery

Campaign:•Antiforeignism •Slavery•Mudslinging

Campaign:•Antiforeignism •Slavery•Mudslinging

Know Nothing Party:•Filmore•Nativists

Know Nothing Party:•Filmore•Nativists

The Electoral Fruits of 1856

• Winner = Buchanan

• Republicans – Good showing

The Dred Scott Bombshell

• Dred Scott v. Sanford• Ruling• Effects

The Financial Crash of 1857

• Late 1857 panic burst• Causes of the crash• Effects and response in

the South• Effects and response in

the North– Homestead Act– Tariff of 1857

An Illinois Rail Splitter•IL Senatorial Election 1858•Lincoln•Bio•Politics

The Great Debate: Lincoln Vs. Douglas

• Lincoln challenged Douglas to debates

• Freeport Doctrine• Outcome of the

election• Further split democrats

John Brown: Murderer of Martyr

North’s response• Leaders and moderates• Abolitionists and Free

soilers

South’s response• Saw Brown as a murderer

and treason

Harper’s Ferry IncidentHarper’s Ferry Incident

The Disruption of the Democrats

Northern Democrats

• Baltimore• Douglas• Platform

Southern Democrats

• Rival convention in Baltimore

• Breckenridge• Platform

Fate of American history and the election of 1860: peace or civil war?The Democrats were divided

South Carolina and Douglas

Fate of American history and the election of 1860: peace or civil war?The Democrats were divided

South Carolina and Douglas

Constitutional Union Party• Purpose• “Old Gentlemen”• John Bell• Platform

A Rail-Splitter Splits the Union

• Republican Nominating Convention

• Seward vs. Lincoln• Platform• South’s reponse• Campaign

The Electoral Upheaval of 1860 • Lincoln• Douglas • Breckenridge• Bell• South– Outcomes

The Secessionist Exodus • South Carolina

– Special Convention of 1860

• Confederate States of America– Jefferson

Davis• Buchanan =

Lame Duck– Couldn’t save

the union

The Collapse of Compromise • James Henry

Crittenden– Crittenden

compromise

• Lincoln’s response

• Could Buchanan have prevented civil war?

Farwell to the Union

• The secessionists left for many reasons

• Support for secession

• South