By: Elijah JedkinsJoelle Anderson

Slavery• Dred Scott was a

“free” slave, who lived in Illinois. The supreme court told Scott he was not free because he was not a person, or citizen.

• Most slaves were not considered people but property.

Slavery • Started in the 17th

century before the American Revolution. After the American revolution slavery had grown to the southern part of the thirteen colonies.

• Most slave families were split during slavery. Even though the law had a certain age were kids couldn’t be separated from their families.Not all Slave holders followed that rule.

• During slave auction the women were the highest bidders.

• Most slaves were not educated. There were laws that didn’t allow them the right to read or write.

• Women slaves were for taking care of the babies and working in the kitchen, and doing the laundry.

Slavery• Fugitive Slave Act –

stated that any slaves that escaped to the north had to be returned to the south.

• Underground railroad- A way for slaves to escape to north without being spotted by plantation owners and other slave holders. Harriet Tubman was the leader of the Underground railroad.

Candidates for the Election of 1860

• Stephen Douglas – the north’s best chance to defeat the black republicans, democrat.

• Abraham Lincoln – Symbol of frontier. He was the self-made man, republican.

• John Bell – was a wealthy slave holder in the constitutional union party.

• John C. Breckinridge – was the obvious vote for southern democrats, he too was in the democrat party.

Lincoln- Douglas Debates

• The Lincoln- Douglas debates were a series of debates between Lincoln and Douglas. Even though Lincoln lost most of the debates, the north still seemed to think that Lincoln would make a great president, and they nominated him for president

Election of 1860

• Lincoln won the election without any votes from the south.

• A few weeks after the election South Carolina seceded from the union.

• Within the three months after the election seven slave states had already seceded.

Sectionalism

• Northern economy was industrialized and had very poor land for farming

• Instead of farming they had fishing and shipping.

Sectionalism

• The north did not depend on slaves but workers.

• North had a large population

• Southern economy

• The south is mostly agricultural and animal husbandry.

Southern economy

• Cotton was the main source for slave owners to earn money.

• Cotton gin increased the need for slaves.

• Land was very fertile.

Sectionalism

• Tariffs were another reason for sectionalism.

• North benefited from tariffs the most since they made the foreign goods and exported them.

• South unfortunately had to buy the foreign goods, which made them made because the north got the raw materials from the south.

• Other reasons for sectionalism was

• Slavery and states’ rights

States’ Rights

• The south relied on the tenth amendment for two reasons.

1. The dispute over unfavorable tariffs to the south.

2. Northern proposals to abolish slavery.

Nullification Crisis

• The nullification was John C. Calhoun’s idea.

• Told Andrew Jackson that if a certain law did not work for a state then the state could nullify the law.

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