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Think: What comes to your mind when you hear
the name Abraham Lincoln?
Today, I will be able to explain why the
Republican party was founded. Outline Abraham
Lincoln’s views on slavery and describe the
different reactions of Americans to John Brown’s
raid on Harper’s Ferry.
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Yesterday, we took a quiz on 16.1/16.2
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There will be a quiz on 16.3/16.4 on Friday.
Pierce supported
the K-N Act;
which led to the
creation of the
Republican Party
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Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854 (opens ‘Northern Territory’ to
slavery…popular sovereignty)
Bleeding Kansas ensues proving that bloodshed can and
potentially will continue over the issue of slavery
Republican Party is formed in 1854, against the expansion of
slavery
Dred Scott verdict 1857: States that all blacks free or enslaved are
not citizens of the U.S. Moreover, it states all prior laws banning
the spread of slavery are unconstitutional.
Lincoln is elected in 1860 leading to the secession of almost a
dozen Southern states.
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Founded 20 March 1854:
Party was made up of: Free Soilers, Democrats,
antislavery Whigs, and some Know-Nothings.
First candidate to run for President was John
Fremont, leader and frontiersman from California.
Goal: To stop the spread of slavery into newly
acquired Western territories
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Successful attorney from Illinois.
Served four terms in the state legislature and one
term as a U.S. Rep from IL
Opposed the spread of slavery, thought if slavery
wasn’t allowed to spread it would eventually die
out.
Main political opponent, Stephen Douglas (Lawyer
and Senator) from IL
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Lincoln runs against Stephen Douglas for U.S. Senator in 1858.
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They debated 7 different places throughout the state in 1858.
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They discussed popular sovereignty (Lincoln was against the
expansion of slavery).
Douglas believed that slavery should be allowed to spread where
ppl want it.
Lincoln doesn’t wish to interfere with the institution of slavery.
HE IS NOT AN ABOLITIONIST
Douglas will win and Lincoln is rather devastated .
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… {was} “created to break the jawbone of slaveholder”
He and his sons were believed to have killed 5 proslavery men in Kansas territory.
He is an extreme abolitionist (believing you use
violence to end the ‘evil’ institution).
He and 18 men planned an assault on VA’s arsenal;
he’s goal was to arm slaves and overthrow the
institution of slavery.
He and his men will be sentenced to death.
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John Brown's raid
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“John Brown’s Body”
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John Brown's Body
Lyrics
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National fallout.
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“If it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit
my life for the furtherance of the ends of
justice, and mingle my blood further with the
blood of my children and with the blood of
millions in this slave country whose rights are
disregarded by wicked, cruel, and unjust
enactments, I submit; so let it be done.”
“I, John Brown am now quite certain that the
crimes of this guilty land will never be purged
away but with blood.”