Harriet Tubman And The Underground Railroad

Lincoln outperformed Douglas through overcoming Douglas’s mudslinging, public perception, and

The reason why Dred Scott decided to pursue his freedom is unknown, but there are a couple theories. For example, it is believed that “most likely, Scott decided to bring his case to court after years of [talks] with other slaves that had done the same.” (Herda, 30) This shows

Lincoln was a relative newcomer to the anti-slavery act, but his stand on the matter did gain him more respect from some people. His stand in the debates also made him more firm in his beliefs and standing. The debate content was completely about how the half-slavery and half-free state compromise. Douglas supported the matter and Lincoln argued against it.

　　　　Slavery was at the root of the case of Dred Scott v. Sandford. Dred Scott sued his master to obtain freedom for himself and his family. His argument was that he had lived in a territory where slavery was illegal; therefore he should be considered a free man. Dred Scott was born a slave in Virginia around 1800. Scott and his family were slaves owned by Peter Blow and his family. He moved to St. Louis with them in 1830 and was sold to John Emerson, a military doctor. They went to Illinois and the Wisconsin territory where the Missouri Compromise of 1820 prohibited slavery. Dred Scott married and had two

“’One section of our country believes slavery is right, and ought to be extended, while the other believes it is wrong, and ought to be restricted. That,’ he said with a touch of irony, ‘is the only substantial dispute’” (Oakes 140). People bickered whether or not Lincoln was doing the right thing by signing the Emancipation

The South also used this has a way to expand slavery despite the growing number of abolitionists and consequently, many people fought over the topic of slavery. This weakened national unity because the South wasn’t willing to work with the North. At this time slave owners were primarily Democratic-Republics and wanted slavery to grow, while the Republicans opposed slavery and wanted it to be abolished. This was a change because before the political parties were able to work together, but now they wouldn’t. This caused a major divide because many fights and arguments happened because of slavery.

The election of 1800 was a fight between the democratic-republicans and the federalists party for presidency. It also became the first time in American History where there was a peaceful shift in the political party, from the federalists party to the democratic-republicans party (Jeffersonians). The election of 1800 consists of five candidates, each believing that victory by the other side would ruin their nation. The candidates were, Aaron Burr and Thomas Jefferson in the democratic-republican party, and John Adams, Charles Pinckney, and John Jay in the federalist party;

Victory was won in the Electoral College for Lincoln. This election firmly established the Republicans who held presidency for 60 of the next 100 years. He helped form the new Republican Party, drawing on remnants of the old Whig, Free Soil, Liberty and Democratic parties.

However, it is important to note that the Republicans were not abolitionists, they had no intention of attacking slavery where it already existed, they were only seeking to prevent it’s spread. They would soon realize that these two separate systems would prove to be completely incompatible within a single nation.

This day in history November 6th, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th President of the United States. Abraham Lincoln was the first of the Republican Party (The Grand Old Party) to be the President. He won the election with only approximately 40% (1,855,993) of the votes. Yet, he still beat John Breckenridge from the Southern Democratic Party, John Bell from the Constitutional Union and Stephen Douglas for the Northern Democratic Party.

Lincoln ran against Stephen A. Douglas for Senator in 1858. Debating with Douglas he gained a national reputation had won Abraham the Republican nomination for President in 1860. As President, Abraham built the Republican Party into a strong national organization. Later on he rallied most of the northern Democrats to the Union cause. Finally on January 1, 1863, he the Emancipation Proclamation had declared forever free those slaves within the Confederacy.

"When Stephen A. Douglas heard that he would be running against Abraham Lincoln for the United States Senate in 1858, he knew that he was up against a formidable opponent. Douglas called him "the strong man of his party—full of wit, facts, dates, and the best stump-speaker with droll-ways and dry jokes in the west" (146).

The controversy over slaves ultimately led to the secession. Abraham Lincoln thinks slavery is wrong and he wants to stop it from spreading. Earlier, he had warned that slavery could separate a nation. In the 1860 election Lincoln is elected, but southerners are worried he will end slavery forever. Southern states start to secede because they are worried. First South Carolina succeeds, then North, Texas, and then Florida too. They give themselves a new name called the Confederate States of America. (Wise...)

The Lincoln-Douglas Debates were one of the most significant events in American political history. It led to high tensions between the North and the South and it ended up being one of the main causes of the civil war. The Lincoln–Douglas Debates were a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate for the United States Senate from Illinois, and incumbent Senator Stephen Douglas, the Democratic Party candidate. Lincoln first challenged Douglas to the debates in 1858. It consisted of seven, three hour public debates in total. Both republican and democratic citizens from all over the country came to watch the fascinating discussion between the two. Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas engaged in the prominent Lincoln-Douglas Debates during the election of 1860, for the public debates led to high controversy between Northerners and Southerners.

In 1860 Abraham Lincoln was nominated by the Republican Party to run for President. Lincoln continued to speak out against the expansion of slavery. Doing this he earned very little support from the southern slave states. Lincoln went on to win the presidential election becoming the 16th president of the United States. Lincolns presidential win would go on to divide