Notes Chapter 19 – Drifting Toward Disunion
How did literature help precipitate the crisis in the South?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Hinton Helper How did the issue of “popular sovereignty” impact Kansas?
Election of 1855
Elections of 1856
John Brown
Lecompton Constitution
How did the struggle over slavery reach the floor of the Senate?
What were the results of the Election of 1856
Democrats – James Buchanan (popular sovereignty)
Republicans – John C. Fremont – against extension of slavery
American – Millard Fillmore
How did the Dred Scott decision inflame the North?
What were the causes of the Crash of 1857?
What were the effects of the crash?
What was the significance of the 1858 Senate race?
Lincoln vs. Douglas
Freeport Doctrine
How did John Brown gain national notoriety in 1859?
Describe the split in the Democratic Party in 1860.
Charleston Convention
Baltimore
Douglas
John C. Breckinridge
John Bell
What were the results of the Republican Convention in 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
Platform
What were the results of the Election of 1860?
Did the South need to secede from the Union?
What events signaled southern secession?
What was the Crittenden Compromise?
What was Lincoln’s position on the Compromise?
Why did the South secede?