Name: _______________________________
USVA History
Chapter 10.4 – Slavery and Secession
Main Idea - A series of controversial events ___________________ the ___________________
conflict that brought the nation to the brink of ___________________
Lincoln- Douglas Debates
-Abraham Lincoln (Republican) v. Stephen Douglas (Democrat) ran for Senate in Illinois
1858
-Held 7 open-air debated throughout Illinois on the issue of __________________________
in the territories
-Douglas believed in _____________________ and that slavery would pass away on its own
_________________________- supported Dred Scott but still allowed popular sovereignty
If people didn’t ________________ slavery all they had to do was elect people who
wouldn’t _________________________ slavery
Lincoln believed slavery was ____________ and would ______________ without legislation
Not in favor of racial __________________ but thought slavery was _____________
Lincoln warned “a ____________ divided against _______________ can not stand”
Douglas Narrowly ________________________________
The Dred Scott Decision
-Dred Scott was a slave from _________________________________
taken north of the Missouri _____________________ line by his owner in 1834
-Sued for his freedom because he had lived in _____________________ territory
-Supreme Court ruled he couldn’t sue b/c he wasn’t a _______________________
The __________________ ________________ had not intended for AfricanAmericans to be citizens
Also said Congress had no right to __________________________ slavery in the
territories and the Missouri Compromise was ____________________________
John Brown’s Raid
-John Brown was a fiery _________________________________
Wanted to ___________________ slaves and ____________________ the slaveholders
-October 16, 1859- led 21 men into _________________________, VA (Now WV)
Aim was to seize the federal __________________________, take the weapons and start a revolt
Captured and tried for ______________________ and _________________________
Northerners saw him as a _________________________ (individual who sacrifices his life or
personal freedom in order to further a cause or belief for many)
Southerners thought his punishment was _____________________________
____________________________ of more uprisings
Election of 1860
-3 major candidates in addition to Lincoln (Republican candidate)
-____________________________________Party was split
Stephen Douglas in North (b/c of popular sovereignty)
John Breckinridge in South
-Constitutional Union Party- John Bell- wanted to ignore the issue of slavery all together
-Lincoln wins the Election of ____________________________
Southerners thought they lost their _______________________ voice in the national government
South thought Lincoln would free the slaves, said they had not choice but to leave the Union
Secession
-From November- March 1860-61, 7 States left the union
SC led the way, ___________________, Alabama, Florida, _____________________, Georgia
and _____________________________________
Argued the ___________________________________ was a contract and the North broke it by
not enforcing the Fugitive Slave Laws
-Cry for “_______________________________”- complete independence of Southern states
from federal government control
The Confederate States of America
-These 7 states drafted their own ____________________________ and called themselves the
_________________________________ States of America (Confederacy)
Constitution resembled the US Constitution but it “______________ and ______________”
slavery in new territories
Stressed that each state would be “sovereign and independent”
-Chose ______________________________________ to be their President
-Lincoln said he wouldn’t take active measures to force the states back in the Union-1853