Road to the Civil War
Chapter 13
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Root Cause: SLAVERY
Sub Causes…?
I.
Status of slavery in territories acquired from Mexico
A. Wilmot Proviso p.322-
B.
II.
Admission of California
A. What draws so many people to California?
B.
III.
John Calhoun’s Response
1. Claims that Congress had no constitutional right to restrict slavery
2. Says that Congress should protect slavery
3. Claims that the Bill of Rights protected the right to own property
Henry Clay’s omnibus bill (also the individual parts of the Compromise
of 1850) p326
1. California… slave or free?
2.
Status of slavery in the other territories-
3.
Slave Trade in Washington D.C.-
4.
Fugitive Slave Law p.326-
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
A. Author-
B.
Book’s portrayals-
C.
Effect on Northern public opinion-
IV.
Kansas-Nebraska Act p.331-
V.
Bleeding Kansas
A. Eli Thayer’s actions-
B.
Proslavery Missourians’ actions-
C.
D.
Proslavery capital- Lawrence
Antislavery capital- Lecompton
E.
Violence1. Samuel LeCompte’s posse’s actions-
2.
John Brown’s response p.333-
3.
Congressional violence-
VI.
Dred Scott Case v Sanford
A. Who was Dred Scott? p. 334
B.
Court’s ruling
1. Regarding slaves-
2.
VII.
Election of 1860
A. Key issues-
B.
Candidates1. Republican-
2.
VIII.
Regarding the Missouri Compromise-
Democrat-
C.
Southern beliefs regarding the intentions of the Republicans
D.
Winner of 1860 election-
Secession
A. 1st state to secede-
IX.
X.
B.
Others that followed in January 1861-
C.
Name of this new nation created by the southern states-
Fort Sumter
A. What was Fort Sumter?
B.
Lincoln’s response to reports of supplies running low-
C.
President Jefferson Davis’s orders to General Beauregard-
D.
Beauregard’s response to Anderson’s refusal to surrender-
Let’s Get Ready to Rumble!!!!!