Unit 1 Ch14
Slavery and
CHAPTER 14
1. Discuss President Polk’s expansionist objectives, and examine the manner in which these objectives were achieved.
2. Explain the dissention and fears that emerged as a result of the Mexican War, and discuss the political, social, and economic consequences of the war
3. Examine the issues and personalities and explain the outcome of the 1848 presidential election.
4. Identify the sectional disputes that led to the Compromise of 1850; cite the provisions of the Compromise; and explain the re-emergence of sectional tensions between 1850 and 1954.
5. Discuss the arguments advanced by southern leaders to justify both the extension of slavery into the territories and slavery itself.
6. Examine the issues and personalities and explain the outcome of the 1852 presidential election.
7. Explain the introduction of and debate over the Kansas-Nebraska bill; cite the bill’s provisions; and examine the consequences of its enactment into law.
8.
Examine the realignment of political affiliations and
political parties in the
9. Explain the political, social, and economic philosophy of the Republican Party, the reasons for its appeal among northern voters, and the forces that led to the party’s success in the 18S60 election.
10. Examine the issues and personalities and explain the outcome of the 1856 presidential election.
11. Explain the supreme court’s decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford, and examine the impact of the decision on the political parties and their leaders and on northern and southern public opinion.
12. Examine the issues and personalities and explain the outcome of the 1860 presidential election.
13. Discuss the failure of attempts at compromise after the 1860 election, and explain the success of the secession movement in seven southern states between December 1860 and March 1861.
UNIT 1 OUTLINE
Slavery and
1. Introduction
a. Territorial expansion brought the slavery question once again to the forefront
b. Republican Party is formed
c. Nation moves closer to war
2. Conflict Begins: The Mexican War
a. Treaty of Guadalupe
b. Idea of a Slave Power
c. Wilmot Proviso
d. Election of 1848 & Popular Sovereignty
3. Territorial Problems Are Compromised but Reemerge
a. Compromise of 18250
b. Fugitive Slave Act
c. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
d. Proslavery Theories
e. Election of 1852
4. Territorial Problems Shatter the Party System
a. KS-NB Bill
b. The New Republican party
c. Know-Nothings
d. Realignment of the Political System
e. Republican Appeals
f. Republican Ideology
g. Southern Democrats
h. Bleeding
5. Slavery and the Nation’s Future
a. Dred Scott Case
b. Abraham Lincoln on the Slave Power
c. Stephen
Douglas and the
6. Breakup
of the
a. Splintering of the Democratic Party
b. Election of 1860
c. Secession of SC
d. Confederate
States of
e. Attack
on
7. Conclusion