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Election of 1860
Lincoln vs. Douglas Debates
Election of 1856
1858 Illinois Senate Race
1854
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."
Slavery sucks, but people can still refuse to have it in their states by making no laws supporting it (the Freeport Doctrine)
Douglas wins the election, but Lincoln becomes well-known.
As you can imagine, southerners were pleased and the Republicans were very, very, annoyed.
Republicans
Northern Democrats
Antislavery Whigs
Dred Scott Decision
In 1857, a slave named Dred Scott sued for his freedom- he argued that since his owners had once brought him to live with them in a free state, he should be free.
“For the establishment of liberty and the overthrow of the Slave Power.”
The court's decision was hugely pro-slavery. Since slaves were "property," said Chief Justice Robert Taney, the fifth amendment kept the government from taking him away from his owners.
In essence, this meant that the Constitution supported slavery.
Other southern states: "Yeah, we're out too."
South Carolina: "We're out."
Jefferson Davis was chosen as President
Attack on Fort Sumpter by South Carolina
The War Had Begun
When others tried to bring them back, one southern leader said: "We spit on every plan to compromise."
Most southerners celebrated, but others weren't so sure....
"I see only that a fearful calamity is upon us....."
-Robert E. Lee
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