HIST 1057/1/13- Transcontinental Railroad- Kansas-Nebraska Act 1850o 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 wrongo Northern antislavery newspapers claimed submitting to slave desireso Fueled more political arguments over slavery- Republican Partyo Against growth of slavery in new territorieso Created from Free-Soil members- Boston Slave Rioto Officials refused to follow slave lawo Troops sent to recapture slaveo Officials were arrested and slave was takeno Later slave was bought and freed by Boston- Bleeding Kansaso Pro-slavery side won election and wrote constitution for Kansaso Free-states wrote antislavery constitutiono Border Ruffians attacked and scared free soil-erso John Brown attacked pro-slavery committee claimed it was sino All-out war started in Kansas- Charles Sumnero Violence in senate over slaveryo Addressed Union over slavery in Kansaso Insulted pro-slave Congressmen, Brooks assaulted Sumner with his caneo Called it the Caning of Sumner, “south cannot tolerate free speech anywhere”- 1856 Electiono First obvious split between north and south in an electiono Dred Scott decision decided following year (10 year case), won case in Missourio Wife sued and won Dred Scott and went to supreme courto Chief Justice Roger Taney said Scott was not citizen and had no rightso Implied congress could not make slavery illegalo Slaveholders happy, those against were furious- 1858 Senate Nominationso Lincoln (R) v. Douglas (D), famous Lincoln-Douglas debateso Lincoln was more humble and Douglas wore fancy clothes and rode fancy trainso Douglas destroyed hopes for getting president by claiming local authorities could follow slave law or ignore then you could get your way- John Browno Fall of 1859, attempted to start slave uprising in Virginiao Executed for treason after he was caughto Aroused northern passions and South became scared shitless- Election of 1860o Lincoln won presidential electiono Opposed slavery, but not where it existedo South Carolina threatened to secede if Republican were electedo After Lincoln won they seceded along with other deep south stateso Sent representatives to other slave states to push for
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