Complete the Worksheet
Let’s review political parties…
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lt-
f3QQ7-A
Overview
 Kansas-Nebraska
Act ENRAGED many
people
 Two Parties were split


Whigs
Democrats
 New
Group formed: Former Whigs, FreeSoil Party, Anti-Slavery Democrats

Called themselves The Republican Party
Republicans Organize
 They
want to revive the
spirit of American
Revolution
 Thought slavery needed
to be kept out of the
North
Election of 1856
 Republican



“The Pathfinder”
In favor of Kansas becoming state
Little political experience
 Democratic
Buchanan


Candidate – John C. Fremont
Candidate – James
20 years of congress
Didn’t take stand on Kansas-Nebraska
 Know-Nothings
Fillmore
(American Party) – Millard
James Buchanan Won
(Election of 1856)
 Facts:
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

15th President
Unmarried (Only
one)
Only President from
Pennsylvania
Do Now: Grab a
worksheet from the
front and answer the
questions
Objectives: Students will be
able to…(1) explain the Dred
Scott decision (2) analyze a
video clip for key information
Homework:
1. 10.3 DUE Monday
2. Google/Summarize
“Kansas’s Lecompton
Constitution”
Who was Dred Scott?
Supreme Court Ruling
Ruled
AGAINST
Dred Scott
Said Dred Scott
was not a citizen
and couldn’t sue
What did the ruling also say?
 “It
is the opinion of the court that the Act
of Congress which prohibited (made
illegal) a citizen from holding and owning
[enslaved persons] in the territory of the
United States north of the line mentioned
is not warranted (allowed) by the
Constitution and is therefore void”
Ruling overview
 BASICALLY
SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT COULD
NOT PROHIBIT SLAVERY IN THE TERRITORIES
 FREE SOIL WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Dred Scott Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j3lKSs2
ZoA
Kansas’s Lecompton Constitution
 Kansas
keeps having referendums
(Popular Vote)
 Anti-Slavery and Pro-Slavery people can’t
agree
 Don’t become a state until 1861
John Brown’s Rebellion
Who was John Brown?
 Aggressive
Abolitionist
 Minister said, “that God
had raised him up on
purpose to break the jaws
of the wicked”
 Man of action – Refused
to FAIL
 Born in CT
 Eventually HANGED for
treason
John Brown’s Plan…
Planned to take over Federal
Arsenal (Weapons) at Harpers
Ferry, Virginia
2. Free and arm enslaved people of
neighborhood
3. Begin insurrection (Rebellion)
against slaveholders
1.
What happened?
 October
16, 1859 – Brown and 18 others
seized arsenal
 Claimed, “I have possession now of the US
armory, and if the citizens interfere with
me I must only burn the town and have
blood”
Did it work?
 U.S.
Marines rushed to Harpers Ferry under
command of Robert E. Lee
 Within 36 Hours – Brown captured
 Tried in Virginia Court – Sentenced to
Death
Didn’t feel bad at all at the end and said he
would do it again
How was this viewed?
 How
do you think the people
of the north saw this?
 What about the south?
 LETS
PUT THIS EVENT ON OUR
VENN DIAGRAM
NorthNorth
vs. South
• Martyr (Someone
willing to die for
cause – Rally
around)
• Execution made
abolition stronger
• “He is angel of light”
South
• Raid was proof that
north were plotting
• Slave Owners cried
“Defend yourselves”
• “The enemy is at
your door!”
Do Now: What
do you know
about Abraham
Lincoln?
Objectives: Students will be able to….(1) explain the early
life of Lincoln (2) analyze a primary source for key
information
Lincoln’s Background
 Raised
in Indiana (Small Town)
 Grew up storekeeper, mill
hand, and rail-splitter
 Studied and practiced law
 Served as an Illinois State
Legislature
 One term US House of Reps. as
a member of Whigs
 Gifted debater – Witty and
Logical
Lincoln Featurette
 Background
on the video,
and people’s opinion of
Lincoln.
 Lincoln
Featurette
Lincoln and Douglas Debates
 1858
– Illinois Republicans chose Abe
Lincoln to run for Senate against Stephen
Douglas
 Lincoln gave his famous “House Divided
Speech”
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
 Douglas
was famous – “The Little Giant”
 Lincoln proposed debates – Expose him to
larger audiences
Lincoln
• Not abolitionist
(Thought it was wrong
• Opposed to spread of
slavery
Douglas
• Supported popular
sovereignty
The Debate….
 Lincoln
tries to trick
Douglas –


Asks about Popular
Sovereignty
Asks about Kansas being
slave or free
 Douglas
WON the
election
 Lincoln – Made clear the
principles of Republican
party

Got national reputation
Save the Last Word Activity
 Read
through the worksheet, and
underline what you think are important
quotes.
“A House Divided”
 Complete
the worksheet from Mr. Collison