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Politics of the 1850s I. Who's Who? A. Democrats

Politics of the 1850s I. Who's Who? A. Democrats B. Whigs to Nativists to Republicans II. Sectionalism A. Disclaimer B. Diversity III. Precursors A. Missouri Compromise (1820 B. Nat Turner (1831) C. Nullification (1832-3)

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Politics of the 1850s I. Who's Who? A. Democrats

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  1. Politics of the 1850s • I. Who's Who? • A. Democrats • B. Whigs to Nativists to Republicans • II. Sectionalism • A. Disclaimer • B. Diversity • III. Precursors • A. Missouri Compromise (1820 • B. Nat Turner (1831) • C. Nullification (1832-3) • D. Wilmot Proviso (1846) • IV. 1850s • A. Compromise of 1850/Fugitive Slave Act. • B. Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852) • C. Kansas (1853+) • 1. Violence • 2. Politics: Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854). • D. Anthony Burns (1854). • E. Sumner (1856) • F. Dred Scott (1857) • G. John Brown (1859) • V. Results • A. Exacerbates sectional divisions • B. Erosion of the party system

  2. The Democrats Thomas Jefferson Andrew Jackson Stephen Douglas

  3. The Opposition Know Nothings Abraham Lincoln John Quincy Adams

  4. III. Precursors • A. Missouri Compromise (1820 • B. Nat Turner (1831) • C. Nullification (1832-3) • D. Wilmot Proviso (1846)

  5. Missouri Compromise

  6. Nat Turner

  7. Nullification John Calhoun

  8. Wilmot Proviso David Wilmot

  9. IV. 1850s • A. Compromise of 1850/Fugitive Slave Act. • B. Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852) • C. Kansas (1853+) • 1. Violence • 2. Politics: Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854). • D. Anthony Burns (1854). • E. Sumner (1856) • F. Dred Scott (1857) • G. John Brown (1859)

  10. Compromise of 1850

  11. Uncle Tom’s Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe

  12. Kansas Kansas Free State Militia

  13. Anthony Burns

  14. The Caning of Sumner

  15. Dred Scott Roger Taney

  16. John Brown The “Meteor of War”

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