THE COMING OF THE CIVIL WAR
I. Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854
A. Stephen Douglas Organize Nebraska into KA/NB
1. Repeal 36¹30²
2. Allow Popular Sovereignty to decide B. Douglas did not anticipate catastrophe
II. Kansas-Nebraska caused chaos.
A. N. and S. Whigs split (S. Whigs join Dem)
B. Harmony of Compromise gone
C. Pierce tried ³Ostend Manifesto² to fix issue
III. Kansas and the Rise of two new parties
A. Know Nothings become the American Party
B. Republican rise as nativism fizzles
IV. Lecompton vs. Topeka exacerbates party chaos
A. N. E Immigrant Aid Soc. vs Boarder Ruffians
1. Free state capital-Lawrence
2. Slave state capital-Lecompton
a. Early elections
b. John Brown Kansas raids
3. Debate on Kansas in Congress
a. Hyperbole
b. Douglas position on this Pop Sov.
B. Election of 1856
1. Democrats dump Douglas for Buchanan-Pop Sov
2. Whigs gone--American Party-Fillmore
3. Republicans-John C Fremont-²Free Soil²
4. Buchanan wins
a. But Republicans see IL, PN, IN, OH
b. Find a more conservative candidate wo past
c. The House Divided
1. Cultural Sectionalism
2. Political events move swiftly
a. Taney and Dred Scott-1857
1. Slaves Can¹t sue
2. 5th Amendment; 36¹30² void
b. Lecompton again and the rise of Lincoln