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You will be taking your 16.1/16.2 quiz shortly.
Take a few minutes to review the content
and/or ask me questions.
Today, I will demonstrate my knowledge of
how the United States starts to facture
politically and socially during the 1850s.
Pierce supported
the K-N Act;
which led to the
creation of the
Republican Party
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You are permitted to use handouts 16.1/16.2, handwritten
notes.
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talking
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Eyes on your own paper
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Please staple your completed 16.1 and 16.2 to your quiz.
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Once you have completed the quiz begin working on 16.3.
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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.
Kansas/Nebraska Act: Nebraska split
into 2 territories: Both territories would
exercise popular sovereignty
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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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