Coming Civil War [part III]

I. Sectional Tensions Increase 1854-1861
  A. Kansas-Lecomption-Sumner-Brooks
  B. Election of 1856
  C. Dred Scott Case-1857
      1. Roger B. Taney--5th Amendment
      2. 36¹30² (Republicans?) Null and Void
II Rise of Lincoln and the Irrepressible Conflict--1858
  A. Lincoln-Douglas Debates            
      1. Abe¹s ³House Divided²     
      2. Douglas response
       3. ³The Question² at Freeport
   B. The John Brown Raid--1859
      1. Harper¹s Ferry
      2. Traitor or Martyr
  C. The Election of 1860
      1. Republicans Lincoln v. Seward
      2. Democrats split
          a. Northern Dem pick Douglas
          b. Southern Dem-John Breckenridge
      3. Const. Unionists-John Bell
  D. Lincoln¹s First 100 days-lack of leadership?
      1. South Carolina secession-12/16/61
      2. First Cabinet
      3. Crittenden Compromise-36-30 & never abolish 
      4. Fort Sumter
          a. Lincoln calls for troops
          b. Upper South leaves the Union
              1. Importance of Boarder States
              2. ³I want God on my side, but must have Ky.²
      5. Union vs. Southern strength 
  E. Causation?

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