summaries

Chapter 19 summary A book was written to show slavery. Uncle Tom's Cabin showed north the horrors of slavery. The poor whites suffered the most from slavery in the south. There was a civil war in Kansas to decide on if it would be free or a slave state. Kansas was allowed to be a state. Senator Summer insulted Preston Brooks and was beat by Brooks, and the north applauded the act. Each party chose their canidates for the election of 1856, and Buchanan won. Dred Scott was trying to get his freedom but lost the case and the south were very happy about it. For the next election Lincoln ran against Douglas. Lincoln challenged Douglas to debates that made him very unpopular to the south and the north. Lincoln won te election and was the new president. John Brown tried helping slaves get a free state to live. South decided to split from the Union and the north did not try to stop them. They left because he had won the election and vetoed the south's ideas for slavery border lines.

by:Christa Morton