HIST 105 7 1 13 Transcontinental Railroad Kansas Nebraska Act 1850 o Stephen Douglas suggested route to Illinois To get Southern support for Northern railroad new territories had option of slavery called popular sovereignty Thought it would quiet slavery debate in Midwest was so wrong o Northern antislavery newspapers claimed submitting to slave desires o Fueled more political arguments over slavery Republican Party o Against growth of slavery in new territories o Created from Free Soil members Boston Slave Riot o Officials refused to follow slave law o Troops sent to recapture slave o Officials were arrested and slave was taken o Later slave was bought and freed by Boston Bleeding Kansas o Pro slavery side won election and wrote constitution for Kansas o Free states wrote antislavery constitution o Border Ruffians attacked and scared free soil ers o John Brown attacked pro slavery committee claimed it was sin o All out war started in Kansas Charles Sumner o Violence in senate over slavery o Addressed Union over slavery in Kansas o Insulted pro slave Congressmen Brooks assaulted Sumner with his cane o Called it the Caning of Sumner south cannot tolerate free speech anywhere 1856 Election o First obvious split between north and south in an election o Dred Scott decision decided following year 10 year case won case in Missouri o Wife sued and won Dred Scott and went to supreme court o Chief Justice Roger Taney said Scott was not citizen and had no rights o Implied congress could not make slavery illegal o Slaveholders happy those against were furious 1858 Senate Nominations o Lincoln R v Douglas D famous Lincoln Douglas debates o Lincoln was more humble and Douglas wore fancy clothes and rode fancy trains o Douglas destroyed hopes for getting president by claiming local authorities could follow slave law or ignore then you could get your way John Brown o Fall of 1859 attempted to start slave uprising in Virginia o Executed for treason after he was caught o Aroused northern passions and South became scared shitless Election of 1860 o Lincoln won presidential election o Opposed slavery but not where it existed o South Carolina threatened to secede if Republican were elected o After Lincoln won they seceded along with other deep south states o Sent representatives to other slave states to push for secession
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