2.23 Election of 1860 and Secession

Do Now

On a notecard, explain two reasons why the
United States cannot achieve a working
compromise on slavery after 1848.

And the War Came
Key Terms:
• Harper’s Ferry – federal arsenal in (West) Virginia raided by John Brown and his co-conspirators in 1859

2/26/2024

Open Ended

On a notecard, explain two reasons why the
United States cannot achieve a working
compromise on slavery after 1848.

And the War Came …

“Both parties deprecated war, but
one of them would make war
rather than let the nation survive,
and the other would accept war
rather than let it perish, and the
war came.”

- Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865

Election of 1856

Things Get Worse

◻ Dred Scott (1858)

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The Case

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Lincoln-Douglas Debates

◻ Southern “Fire-Eaters”

And worse (John Brown, again)

◻ Raid on Harper’s Ferry - 1859

◻ Martyrdom

“The Last Moments of John Brown”

Sing with me!

John Brown's body lies a-mold'ring in the grave (x3)
His soul goes marching on

The stars above in Heaven are looking kindly down (x3)
On the grave of old John Brown

He captured Harper's Ferry with his nineteen men so true (x3)
His soul is marching on

Chorus: Glory, Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory, Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory, Glory! Hallelujah!
His soul is marching on

And even worse (political collapse)

◻ Election of 1860

� Lincoln nominated

by Republicans

� Democrats divide

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North:

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South:

� Constitutional

Union Party

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Aftermath

Secession

Crittenden Compromise?

Ft. Sumter