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October 12, 2010U.S. History

Mr. Green

1. He debated Steven Douglas in the 1858 Illinois Senate race

A. Abraham Lincoln

B. John Fremont

C. Dred Scott

D. John Breckenridge

2. He became the President of the Confederate States of America

A. Abraham Lincoln

B. Jefferson Davis

C. William Sherman

D. Harriet Tubman

3. The formal withdrawal of a state from the Union, became known as

A. Nullification

B. Compromise

C. Secession

D. Pandering

4. This individual became President of the United States in 1860

A. Stephen Douglas

B. John Bell

C. Abraham Lincoln

D. J. C. Breckinridge

5. Being on free territory did not make a slave free was which Supreme Court decision

A. Marbury v. Madison

B. McCulloch v. Maryland

C. Dred Scott Decision

D. Wilmot Decision

The students will describe the events that heightened tension between the sections which led to Southern secession by identifying the political parties that emerged over the issue of slavery

Hand in HomeworkWarm-up Question: What advantages or

disadvantages would result if we had three or more parties in a presidential race.

Agenda/Topics To Be Covered

The Birth of the Republican PartyFranklin Pierce won the 1852 Presidential election as a DemocratWhigs fell apart after the Kansas-Nebraska ActKnow nothing Party-why was it called this?

Anti-Slavery Partiesabolitionist partyFree-Soil PartyBoth opposed slavery Free-Soil party objected to the extension of slavery in the territories. Republican Party-opposed Kansas-Nebraska Act

The Divisive Politics of Slavery Ch. 4 Sec. 1 pgs. 164-173

Slavery and SecessionDred Scott Decision

Argued that living in a free territory made him a free man

Never could be a citizen Being in a free territory did not make a

slave freeLincoln Douglas Debate

Steven Douglas and Lincoln debated on the issue of slavery in the territories

Harpers FerryJohn Brown organized a slave revolt on Oct. 16, 1859, captured and then executed. How was his execution presented in the North and South?

Lincoln won the presidency with less than ½ of the popular vote and no electoral votes from the south.How was this possible?

Southern SecessionSouth Carolina became the 1st state to secede from the union on December 20, 1860, months before Lincoln took office.

Kept 4 Southern states in the union. Identify each.

Lincoln is elected President

Create a timeline highlighting the events that heightened the conflict between the North and the South which led to secession. Select one event and explain in a paragraph how it was representative of the North-South conflict-Due TODAY at least 5 events

Independent Practice

Political Parties Arising in the United States, 1844-1856Complete the following chart to turn in TODAY.

Exit Ticket

Name

Date Political positions

Liberty

Know-nothing

Republican

Free Soil

Read Chapter 4 Section 2 Prepare for 5 Question Quiz on Monday

Homework