Hist 1000 Lecture 29 Outline of Last Lecture Strains of Union: The House DividesStrains of Union- “Bleeding Kansas” (1855) and the Failure of Popular Sovereignty- Violence in the Senate (1856) and the Intensification of Political Schism- Dred Scott (1857) and the Failure of Legal Resolution- Harper’s Ferry (1859) and the Intensification of ViolenceThe House Divides- The Democratic Party Splits and the Defeat of National Political Unity- The Election of Lincoln and the Triumph of Political Sectionalism- South Carolina and the Strategy of Separate State Secession- Formation of the Confederacy, February 1861, and the Outbreak of War, April, 1861Can This Union Be Saved?- The Machinations of the Politicians- The Failure of Communication - The Plight of the Border StatesOutline of Current Lecture 1)Why did the liberty party drop their concerns about women’s rights?2)In the South’s perspective, why would they believe that the North is seceding?3)What did the Know Nothings think was happening in the northern cities?4)What were the areas that could be expanded to? What conflict arose from this?5)What was the claim that Dred Scott was using in his court trial?Current LectureThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.1)Why did the liberty party drop their concerns about women’s rights?A. They felt that they should press the most serious problems first like slavery and then tackle the other issues.2)In the South’s perspective, why would they believe that the North is seceding?A. They thought this because since slavery was in the constitution and that slaves are property. The north was going against all of this and denying the legitimancy of the Constitution.3)What did the Know Nothings think was happening in the northern cities?A. They thought that people were becoming wage slaves. They blamed this on the Irish because they all migrated because of the potato famine.4)What were the areas that could be expanded to? What conflict arose from this?A. Oregon, Michigan, and Mexico. It was hard to decide whether these would become free or slaves states, this was troubling because if one side had more states than there would be unequal power. 5)What was the claim that Dred Scott was using in his court trial?- A. He was trying to use that since his master was working and using him in states that were free he should be a free slave. This failed because it denied the constitution of the master and his property (the
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