1. By Fabiola Rivera

3.  Senior Senator from Illinois.
 He proposed the policy of «popular sovereignity»
Political doctrine that allowed settlers of
the U.S. federal territories to decide
whether to enter the Union as free or
slave states.
 He was influential in the passage of
the Compromise of 1850
Series of measures passed by the
U.S. Congress to settle slavery
issues and avert secession.

4. Douglas’s bill proyected the organization of Kansas and
Nebraska, and permited settlers to carried slaves into them.
- It was not accepted by northeners.
- There were series of debates about it.
The bill passed the Senate.

5.  The Whig Party sank into its death.
 A powerful new organization arose:
The
Republican
Party
Its primary demand The figure of
was that slavery should Abraham Lincoln
be excluded from all arose
the territories
 «Bleeding Kansas»

6.  A Missouri slave who was taken
to Illinois and Missouri
territory.
 When he came back, Scott
began suit for liberation.
The southern- dominated court decided that by voluntarily returning
to a slave state, Scott had lost whatever tittle he possessed to liberty
and ruled that any attempt to Congress to prohibit slavery in the
territory was invalid.

7.  He had long regarded slavery as an
evil.
 According to him, al national
legalization should be framed on the
principle that slavery was an
institution to be restricted and
ultimately abolished.
 «Popular sovereignty» principle was
false. Slavery was a concern for the
whole U.S.
 He became a strong rival of S. Douglas
for the Senate of Illinois.

8. The Republican
Party
Proposals:
• No more slavery.
• Free homestead to
settlers.
Abraham
Lincoln
WON THE ELECTION

9. Government of 11 southern states that seceded
from the Union.
- Lincoln refused to recognize the secession, considering
“legally void.”
- He made a plea for restoration, but the south didn’t listen.

10. The Civil War
1861 - 1865

11. - 23 states
- Pop. = 22 000 000
North - Facilitation of arms and
ammunition
- 11 states
South - 9 000 000
- Well watered territory
The main theaters of action:
- Mississippi Valley
- The sea
- Seaboard states.

13.  In 1863, Lincoln issued the
Emancipation
Proclamation, which freed
the slaves and invited them
to join the armed forces of
the nation.
 In 1865, end of the war. The
North defeated the South.

14.  620, 000 deaths.
 The south was devastated.
 The Union was preserved.
 Slavery as abolished.