Chapter+18+Outlines+(RB+Chap+13)

Andrew Fulginiti

RB Chapter 13 Outline

1) Conflict over status of territories a) Free soil movement - Wanted west lands to be an opportunity for whites only b) Southern position - Felt it was a right to take their slaves with them c) Popular sovereignty - Issue was to be settled by those who lived in the territory

2) Compromise of 1850 a) Clay created a compromise for the issue b) California was to be admitted as a free state/territories were decided by popular sovereignty c) Fugitive slave law - Enforcement of tracking run away slaves d) Underground railroad e) Uncle Tom’s Cabin - Book stating the North’s opinion that slavery was evil

3) National Parties in crisis a) Election of 1852 - Whigs were swept on issue of slavery b) The Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) c) The Know Nothing Party - Against Catholics and immigrants d) Republican Party - Rose to be the second largest party

4) Constitutional issues a) Kansas’s attempt to gain slavery was rejected by Congress b) Dred Scott versus Sandford (1857) - Court ruled against Scott and denied his freedom c) Douglas won reelection in Senate over Lincoln

5) The road to secession a) John Brown attempted a slave uprising in Harper’s Ferry - Stopped by General Robert E. Lee b) Election of 1860 - Republicans nominate Lincoln - Democrats nominate Douglas - Lincoln won by electoral votes c) February 1861 - Deep south states created a confederate states of America (seceded) d) Senator Crittenden created an amendment guaranteeing southern states the right to keep slaves