Table of Contents
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Crisis of the 1850s: The Coming of the Civil War
California Gold Rush, 1849
Compromise of 1850; Henry Clay
USA in the 1850s
Personal Liberty Laws
Harriet Beecher Stowe
“Young America”
1852 Election, Pierce(Dem) v. Scott(Whig); Pierce in a Landslide
Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854
Bleeding Kansas
Crisis of the 1850s: The Coming of the Civil War
Election of 1856
Election of 1856
1856 Election
The Dred Scott Case, 1857
Dred Scott Case, 1857
Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 1858
Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 1858
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The Year was 1858…
The Issue of Slavery
Crisis of the 1850s: The Coming of the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln stated as he began his campaign:
Stephen Douglas
Lincoln versus Douglas
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Slavery
The Freeport Doctrine
Sen. Douglas:
Lincoln, in the last debate at Alton,
The Senate Election Outcome
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Crisis of the 1850s: The Coming of the Civil War
Harper’s Ferry, John Brown
John Brown, Harper’s Ferry
Election of 1860
Southern Secession
Election of 1860
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Author: Harwich School District
Email: houston@harwich.edu
Other information:
Slides produced by Mr. Houston's American History classes for local history project
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