A Divided Nation
CH 15 The Beginnings of the Civil War
1.
Slavery in the West
The Missouri
Compromise,
Compromise of 1850,
and Kansas-Nebraska
Act all concerned the
extension of slavery
into western
territories.
2.
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri
Compromise
attempted to slow
the spread of slavery
in the West by
banning slavery north
of the 36-30 latitude
line.
3.
Missouri Compromise
 Slavery
was useful in
the agricultural
economies of the
West.
 Territories
were
divided into antislavery and proslavery.
4.
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri
Compromise
temporarily forestalled
the outbreak of the
Civil War by keeping a
balance of free and
slave states.
5.
Popular Sovereignty
The KansasNebraska Act
established the
concept of popular
sovereignty.
6.
Popular Sovereignty
The idea of popular
sovereignty repealed
the Missouri
Compromise. It meant
that residents of new
territories could allow
slavery or decide
against it.
7.
Popular Sovereignty
A state’s inhabitants
could vote for or
against slavery. In 1854,
the Republican Party
was formed in
opposition to the idea
of popular sovereignty.
8.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This Act actually
helped spread
slavery because it
allowed the
population of each
state to determine
the status of slavery.
9.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
After the KansasNebraska Act, a group
of “Border Ruffians”
acting on behalf of
proslavery activists
terrorized those
organizing the
territory in becoming
a state.
10.
California Joins U.S.
The Missouri
Compromise kept
the balance of free
and slave states
until California
applied for
statehood.
11.
California Joins U.S.
The Compromise of
1850 resulted in
the admission of
California as a free
state and enacted
the Fugitive Slave
Law.
12.
Compromise of 1850
The Fugitive Slave Law
affected free African
Americans because
slave catchers working
for profit would use
the law to kidnap and
sell back freed slaves.
13.
Compromise of 1850
Senator Daniel
Webster’s issue with
the Compromise of
1850 was that it
made a peaceful
division of the
Union impossible.
14.
“Bleeding Kansas”
John Brown was
responsible for the
antislavery incident
that led Kansas to
be known as
“Bleeding Kansas.”
15.
Brown and Harper’s Ferry
In 1859, John Brown
raided the armory at
Harper’s Ferry to
protest against
slavery.
16.
Brown and Harper’s Ferry
Brown’s raid on
Harper’s Ferry was
just one in the
series of violent acts
over the issue of
slavery.
17.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Harriet Beecher
Stowe’s book, Uncle
Tom’s Cabin, was
published at this
time and advocated
for the abolition of
slavery.
18.
Dred Scott v. Sandford
The Dred Scott v.
Sandford Supreme
Court case helped
establish a policy
of slavery in new
territories.
19.
Dred Scott v. Sandford
The effect of this
Supreme Court
case was to upset
northerners
because it
expanded slavery
into territories.
20.
Election of 1860
Southerners
nominated John
Breckinridge to run
against Abraham
Lincoln for President
of the U.S. in 1860.
21.
Election of 1860
No Southern state
voted for Lincoln,
who ran as a
Republican. This
illustrated the
concept of
sectionalism.
22.
Sectionalism
Sectionalism, the
growing
disagreement over
states’ rights, and
issue of slavery
increased tensions
between the North
and the South.
23.
President Lincoln
Lincoln warned of
this crisis over
slavery and the
possibility of
secession and war.
“A house divided
against itself cannot
stand.”
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