Uncle Tom's Cabin Summary Chapter 22
Chapter 19: Drifting Toward Disunion
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin intended to show the cruelty of slavery.
- Uncle Tom's Cabin may be described as a powerful political force. - As a result of reading Uncle Tom's Cabin, many northerners swore that they would have. -When the people of Britain and France read Uncle Tom's Cabin, their governments realized that intervention in the Civil War on behalf of the South would not be popular.
The Impending Crisis of the South by Hinton R. Helper - Hinton R. Helper's book The Impending Crisis of the South argued that those who suffered most from slave labor were nonslaveholding southern whites. Bleeding …show more content…
Kansas - In "Bleeding Kansas" in the mid-1850s, the Lecompton Constitution was identified with the proslavery element, and the New England Immigrant Aid Society was associated with the antislavery free-soilers.
Lecompton Constitution - In "Bleeding Kansas" in the mid-1850s, the Lecompton Constitution was identified with the proslavery element, and the New England Immigrant Aid Society was associated with the antislavery free-soilers. - President James Buchanan's decision on Kansas's Lecompton Constitution hopelessly divided the Democratic Party. - The Lecompton Constitution proposed that the state of Kansas have black bondage regardless of whether the document was approved or not. - Kansas Territory's Lecompton Constitution was supported by President James Buchanan and proslavery settlers in Kansas.
Popular Sovereignty - The situation in Kansas in the mid-1850s indicated the impracticality of popular sovereignty in the territories.
Preston S. Brooks - The clash between Preston S. Brooks and Charles Sumner revealed the fact that passions over slavery were becoming dangerously inflamed in both North and South.
Charles Sumner - The clash between Preston S. Brooks and Charles Sumner revealed the fact that passions over slavery were becoming dangerously inflamed in both North and South.
John Fremont - In the election of 1856, John Fremont was a republican
Millard Fillmore - In the election of 1856, Millard Fillmore was a Know-Nothing
Martin Van Buren - Democrat
James Buchanan - President James Buchanan's decision on Kansas's Lecompton Constitution hopelessly divided the Democratic Party. - Kansas Territory's Lecompton Constitution was supported by President James Buchanan and proslavery settlers in Kansas. - James Buchanan won the Democratic nomination for the presidency in 1856 because he was not associated with the Kansas-Nebraska Act. - "Lame-duck" President James Buchanan believed that the Constitution did not authorize him to force southern states to stay in the Union. - President James Buchanan declined to use force to keep the South in the Union for all of the following reasons except that he believed that the Constitution allowed secession. - In the election of 1856, James Buchanan was a democrat.
Abraham Lincoln - The political career of Abraham Lincoln could best be described as slow to get off the ground. - As a result of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, Douglas defeated Lincoln for the Senate. - Stephen A. Douglas argued in his Freeport Doctrine during the Lincoln-Douglas debates that action by territorial legislatures could keep slavery out of the territories. - Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 Republican Party presidential nomination in part because he had made fewer enemies than front-runner William Seward. - Before his nomination in 1860, Abraham Lincoln had been a state legislator in Illinois, a United States congressman from Illinois, and a failed candidate for the United States Senate. - In the election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln won a majority in the Electoral College and won less than a majority of the popular vote. - When Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election, people in South Carolina rejoiced because it gave them an excuse to secede. - Abraham Lincoln opposed the Crittenden Compromise because the Compromise could allow slavery to expand into Latin America.
Stephen Douglas - As a result of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, Douglas defeated Lincoln for the Senate. - Stephen A. Douglas argued in his Freeport Doctrine during the Lincoln-Douglas debates that action by territorial legislatures could keep slavery out of the territories.
William Seward - Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 Republican Party presidential nomination in part because he had made fewer enemies than front-runner William Seward.
John Brown - In his raid on Harpers Ferry, John Brown intended to foment a slave rebellion. - After John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, the South concluded that the North was dominated by "Brown-loving" Republican
Know – Nothing - The central plank of the Know-Nothing party in the 1856 election was nativism.
Nativists - Nativists in the 1850s were known for their anti-Catholic and antiforeign attitudes.
Republican Party - The Republicans lost the 1856 election in part because of southern threats that a Republican victory would be a declaration of war. - As late as 1856, many northerners were still willing to vote Democratic instead of Republican because many did not want to lose their profitable business connections with the South. - After John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, the South concluded that the North was dominated by "Brown-loving" Republicans. - Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 Republican Party presidential nomination in part because he had made fewer enemies than front-runner William Seward. - The 1860 Republican Party platform favored protective tariffs, construction of a transcontinental railroad, free homesteads, and nonextension of slavery.
- Secessionists supported leaving the Union because they were tired of abolitionist attacks; they believed that the North would not oppose their departure; the political balance seemed to be tipping against them; and they were dismayed by the success of the Republican Party.
Dred Scott Case - In ruling on the Dred Scott case, the United States Supreme Court expected to lay to rest the issue of slavery in the territories. - In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court ruled that Dred Scott was not a citizen of the United States; Dred Scott could not legally sue in a federal court; the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional; and Congress had no power to ban slavery from a territory. - The decision rendered in the Dred Scott case was applauded by proslavery southerners. - For a majority of northerners, the most outrageous part of the Supreme Court's ruling in the Dred Scott case was that Congress had never had the power to prohibit slavery in any territory.
Lincoln – Douglas Debates - As a result of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, Douglas defeated Lincoln for the
Senate. - Stephen A. Douglas argued in his Freeport Doctrine during the Lincoln-Douglas debates that action by territorial legislatures could keep slavery out of the territories.
Harpers Ferry - In his raid on Harpers Ferry, John Brown intended to foment a slave rebellion. - After John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, the South concluded that the North was dominated by "Brown-loving" Republicans.
Kansas – Nebraska Act - James Buchanan won the Democratic nomination for the presidency in 1856 because he was not associated with the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Compromise of 1850 -
Panic of 1857 - As a result of the panic of 1857, the South believed that "cotton was king." - The panic of 1857 resulted in clamor for a higher tariff. - The panic of 1857 hit hardest among grain growers of the Northwest.
Freeport Doctrine - Stephen A. Douglas argued in his Freeport Doctrine during the Lincoln-Douglas debates that action by territorial legislatures could keep slavery out of the territories.
Election of 1860 - In the election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln won a majority in the Electoral College and won less than a majority of the popular vote - When Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election, people in South Carolina rejoiced because it gave them an excuse to secede.
Constitutional Union Party - The presidential candidate of the new Constitutional Union party in 1860 was John Bell
“Lame Duck” - "Lame-duck" President James Buchanan believed that the Constitution did not authorize him to force southern states to stay in the Union. Crittenden Compromise - The proposed Crittenden Compromise, if adopted, would have prohibited slavery north of 36 degrees 30'; guaranteed federal protection of slavery in territories south of 36 degrees 30'; and permitted the expansion of slavery into new territories south of 36 degrees 30'. - Abraham Lincoln opposed the Crittenden Compromise because the Compromise could allow slavery to expand into Latin America. Secession - Secessionists supported leaving the Union because they were tired of abolitionist attacks; they believed that the North would not oppose their departure; the political balance seemed to be tipping against them; and they were dismayed by the success of the Republican Party. Jefferson Davis -
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin intended to show the cruelty of slavery.
- Uncle Tom's Cabin may be described as a powerful political force. - As a result of reading Uncle Tom's Cabin, many northerners swore that they would have. -When the people of Britain and France read Uncle Tom's Cabin, their governments realized that intervention in the Civil War on behalf of the South would not be popular.
The Impending Crisis of the South by Hinton R. Helper - Hinton R. Helper's book The Impending Crisis of the South argued that those who suffered most from slave labor were nonslaveholding southern whites. Bleeding …show more content…
Kansas - In "Bleeding Kansas" in the mid-1850s, the Lecompton Constitution was identified with the proslavery element, and the New England Immigrant Aid Society was associated with the antislavery free-soilers.
Lecompton Constitution - In "Bleeding Kansas" in the mid-1850s, the Lecompton Constitution was identified with the proslavery element, and the New England Immigrant Aid Society was associated with the antislavery free-soilers. - President James Buchanan's decision on Kansas's Lecompton Constitution hopelessly divided the Democratic Party. - The Lecompton Constitution proposed that the state of Kansas have black bondage regardless of whether the document was approved or not. - Kansas Territory's Lecompton Constitution was supported by President James Buchanan and proslavery settlers in Kansas.
Popular Sovereignty - The situation in Kansas in the mid-1850s indicated the impracticality of popular sovereignty in the territories.
Preston S. Brooks - The clash between Preston S. Brooks and Charles Sumner revealed the fact that passions over slavery were becoming dangerously inflamed in both North and South.
Charles Sumner - The clash between Preston S. Brooks and Charles Sumner revealed the fact that passions over slavery were becoming dangerously inflamed in both North and South.
John Fremont - In the election of 1856, John Fremont was a republican
Millard Fillmore - In the election of 1856, Millard Fillmore was a Know-Nothing
Martin Van Buren - Democrat
James Buchanan - President James Buchanan's decision on Kansas's Lecompton Constitution hopelessly divided the Democratic Party. - Kansas Territory's Lecompton Constitution was supported by President James Buchanan and proslavery settlers in Kansas. - James Buchanan won the Democratic nomination for the presidency in 1856 because he was not associated with the Kansas-Nebraska Act. - "Lame-duck" President James Buchanan believed that the Constitution did not authorize him to force southern states to stay in the Union. - President James Buchanan declined to use force to keep the South in the Union for all of the following reasons except that he believed that the Constitution allowed secession. - In the election of 1856, James Buchanan was a democrat.
Abraham Lincoln - The political career of Abraham Lincoln could best be described as slow to get off the ground. - As a result of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, Douglas defeated Lincoln for the Senate. - Stephen A. Douglas argued in his Freeport Doctrine during the Lincoln-Douglas debates that action by territorial legislatures could keep slavery out of the territories. - Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 Republican Party presidential nomination in part because he had made fewer enemies than front-runner William Seward. - Before his nomination in 1860, Abraham Lincoln had been a state legislator in Illinois, a United States congressman from Illinois, and a failed candidate for the United States Senate. - In the election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln won a majority in the Electoral College and won less than a majority of the popular vote. - When Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election, people in South Carolina rejoiced because it gave them an excuse to secede. - Abraham Lincoln opposed the Crittenden Compromise because the Compromise could allow slavery to expand into Latin America.
Stephen Douglas - As a result of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, Douglas defeated Lincoln for the Senate. - Stephen A. Douglas argued in his Freeport Doctrine during the Lincoln-Douglas debates that action by territorial legislatures could keep slavery out of the territories.
William Seward - Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 Republican Party presidential nomination in part because he had made fewer enemies than front-runner William Seward.
John Brown - In his raid on Harpers Ferry, John Brown intended to foment a slave rebellion. - After John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, the South concluded that the North was dominated by "Brown-loving" Republican
Know – Nothing - The central plank of the Know-Nothing party in the 1856 election was nativism.
Nativists - Nativists in the 1850s were known for their anti-Catholic and antiforeign attitudes.
Republican Party - The Republicans lost the 1856 election in part because of southern threats that a Republican victory would be a declaration of war. - As late as 1856, many northerners were still willing to vote Democratic instead of Republican because many did not want to lose their profitable business connections with the South. - After John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, the South concluded that the North was dominated by "Brown-loving" Republicans. - Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 Republican Party presidential nomination in part because he had made fewer enemies than front-runner William Seward. - The 1860 Republican Party platform favored protective tariffs, construction of a transcontinental railroad, free homesteads, and nonextension of slavery.
- Secessionists supported leaving the Union because they were tired of abolitionist attacks; they believed that the North would not oppose their departure; the political balance seemed to be tipping against them; and they were dismayed by the success of the Republican Party.
Dred Scott Case - In ruling on the Dred Scott case, the United States Supreme Court expected to lay to rest the issue of slavery in the territories. - In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court ruled that Dred Scott was not a citizen of the United States; Dred Scott could not legally sue in a federal court; the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional; and Congress had no power to ban slavery from a territory. - The decision rendered in the Dred Scott case was applauded by proslavery southerners. - For a majority of northerners, the most outrageous part of the Supreme Court's ruling in the Dred Scott case was that Congress had never had the power to prohibit slavery in any territory.
Lincoln – Douglas Debates - As a result of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, Douglas defeated Lincoln for the
Senate. - Stephen A. Douglas argued in his Freeport Doctrine during the Lincoln-Douglas debates that action by territorial legislatures could keep slavery out of the territories.
Harpers Ferry - In his raid on Harpers Ferry, John Brown intended to foment a slave rebellion. - After John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, the South concluded that the North was dominated by "Brown-loving" Republicans.
Kansas – Nebraska Act - James Buchanan won the Democratic nomination for the presidency in 1856 because he was not associated with the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Compromise of 1850 -
Panic of 1857 - As a result of the panic of 1857, the South believed that "cotton was king." - The panic of 1857 resulted in clamor for a higher tariff. - The panic of 1857 hit hardest among grain growers of the Northwest.
Freeport Doctrine - Stephen A. Douglas argued in his Freeport Doctrine during the Lincoln-Douglas debates that action by territorial legislatures could keep slavery out of the territories.
Election of 1860 - In the election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln won a majority in the Electoral College and won less than a majority of the popular vote - When Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election, people in South Carolina rejoiced because it gave them an excuse to secede.
Constitutional Union Party - The presidential candidate of the new Constitutional Union party in 1860 was John Bell
“Lame Duck” - "Lame-duck" President James Buchanan believed that the Constitution did not authorize him to force southern states to stay in the Union. Crittenden Compromise - The proposed Crittenden Compromise, if adopted, would have prohibited slavery north of 36 degrees 30'; guaranteed federal protection of slavery in territories south of 36 degrees 30'; and permitted the expansion of slavery into new territories south of 36 degrees 30'. - Abraham Lincoln opposed the Crittenden Compromise because the Compromise could allow slavery to expand into Latin America. Secession - Secessionists supported leaving the Union because they were tired of abolitionist attacks; they believed that the North would not oppose their departure; the political balance seemed to be tipping against them; and they were dismayed by the success of the Republican Party. Jefferson Davis -