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APUSH-11
Territorial Expansion and Sectional Crisis
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The Crisis of Victorianism
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Abolitionism and Antislavery
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Relevant interactive tools: Resource Type: Primary Source The state of Michigan passed this legislation in 1952. The Civil War and the Expansion of Slavery Resource Type: Document-Based Question This DBQ focuses on the decade of crisis, the 1850s, during which the question of the expansion of slavery tore the country apart. The documents selected include the classic evidence that can be used to prove that the expansion of slavery was the most important cause of the Civil War, 1861–65. Calhoun on the Compromise of 1850 Resource Type: Primary Source John C. Calhoun became the South's most powerful advocate as senator from South Carolina for most of the period from 1832 to 1850. Republican Party Platform of 1856 Resource Type: Primary Source While the Democrats endorsed popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery in the Territories, the Republicans took the stand put forth here. Bleeding Kansas Resource Type: Primary Source In the summer of 1856, advocates of Free States flocked to Kansas in anticipation of the popular sovereignty vote. A House Divided Resource Type: Primary Source Abraham Lincoln accepts the Republican Party's nomination for U.S. senator from Illinois. Lincoln ran against Stephen A. Douglas, the proponent of popular sovereignty. National Democratic Party Platform of 1860 Resource Type: Primary Source In 1860, the Democratic Party split along sectional lines, leaving the Southern Democrats as the dominant party of the South. In the 1860 presidential election, the Southern Democrats won every state of the Deep South, the first states to secede. Crittenden's Proposed Amendment Resource Type: Primary Source Abraham Lincoln has been elected President and the threat of secession hangs over the Union. What is Crittenden's plan? Response to the Crittenden Amendment Resource Type: Primary Source This editorial responds to Crittenden's proposal to amend the Constitution. Mississippi's Declaration of Secession Resource Type: Primary Source The first state to secede was South Carolina, doing so on December 20, 1860. Before the end of February, all the states of the Deep South (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas) had seceded. Expansion of Slavery into the Territories Resource Type: Point-Counterpoint Eric Foner argues that the debate over whether the territories (particularly land acquired from the Louisiana Purchase (1803) and through the Mexican-American War (1846–48)) would be carved into slave or free states was the key political issue of the 1850s and the major source of conflict between northern and southern states. A teacher compares the interpretation of William Gienapp with Foner's view. Compromise Between the North and South Resource Type: Classroom Simulation In this dramatic simulation students will explore the possibility of an eleventh-hour compromise between the North and the South on the eve of the Civil War (1861–65). Students will understand how mounting tensions in the 1850s eventually led to the outbreak of war. Who's Who Resource Type: Primary Source John C. Frémont (1813–90). The Expansion Issue: Political Polarization Resource Type: Primary Source By 1856 the debate over slavery had divided the nation politically. This Republican campaign chart, with Fremont pictured at the top, illustrates the division between free and slave states and compares the two regions in several categories, including industry and education. | |
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