The document summarizes the key events leading up to the American Civil War from the 1850s. It discusses the Compromise of 1850, the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin which increased anti-slavery sentiment, the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 which allowed slavery in new territories via popular sovereignty and inflamed tensions, the founding of the Republican Party in opposition to expanding slavery, the Dred Scott decision of 1857, and Lincoln's election in 1860 which prompted Southern states to begin seceding, leading to the outbreak of war with the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in 1861.

1. The 1850s: Road to Secession By: Ms. Susan M. Pojer Additional content by Matt López & History Alive!

4. Houghton Mifflin Compromise of 1850

6. Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811 – 1896) So this is the lady who started the Civil War. -- Abraham Lincoln

9. 1852 Presidential Election √ Franklin Pierce Gen. Winfield Scott John Parker Hale Democrat Whig Free Soil

10. 1852 Election Results

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12. Houghton Mifflin Kansas-Nebraska Act Would let people of Kansas and Nebraska decide whether to have slavery or not (popular sovereignty)

15. Documents 1-5

18. “ Bleeding Kansas”

19. http://www.cs.cornell.edu/nystrom/images/Antietam/fullsize/hf-john-brown.jpg John Brown Murders five pro-slavery settlers in Kansas Flees to Canada

20. “ The Crime Against Kansas” Sen. Charles Sumner (R-MA) Congr. Preston Brooks (D-SC)

22. 1856 Presidential Election James Buchanan John C. Frémont Millard Fillmore Democrat Republican American (Know Nothing) / Whig

24. Dred Scott Sued his master saying he should be free

30. “ A house divided against itself can not stand”

32. http://www.cs.cornell.edu/nystrom/images/Antietam/fullsize/hf-john-brown.jpg John Brown Led a raid on federal arsenal to steal guns to arms slaves http://www.history.com/shows/america-the-story-of-us/videos/playlists/exclusive-video#john-brown

33. 1860 Election Abraham Lincoln Republican John Bell Constitutional Union Stephen A. Douglas Northern Democrat John C. Breckinridge Southern Democrat

34. Republican Party Platform 1860 Non-extension of slavery (for Free-Soilers) Protective tariff (for the N. Industrialists) No abridgment of rights for immigrants (a disappointment for the “Know-Nothings”) Government aid to build a Pacific RR (for the Northwest) Internal improvements at federal expense. (for the West) Free homesteads for the public domain (for farmers)

35. 1860 Election: 3 “Outs” & 1 ”Run!”

36. 1860 Election: A Nation Coming Apart?!

38. Crittenden Compromise: A Last Ditch Appeal to Sanity Senator John J. Crittenden (Know-Nothing-KY)

39. Secession!: SC  Dec. 20, 1860

41. Fort Sumter: April 12, 1861