| A | B |
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| Sumner Brooks Affair 1856 | Charles Sumner talks smack about Andrew Butler; called him a dastardly man |
| Sumner Brooks Affair 2 | Preston Brooks beats Charles Sumner so bad it takes him 3 years to recover |
| Dred Scott Case 1857 | owned by a guy in the army; Army moved to Wisconsin & Illinois |
| Dred Scott Case 2 | sued for his freedom; Verdict: AfAms are inferior and do not have same rights |
| Dred Scott Case 3 | slave is not a citizen he has no right to sue in court; just because a slave is in a free territory he is not free |
| US Law | people can go wherever they want and take their stuff; wipes out compromise of 1820 and 1850 |
| Lincoln Douglas Debates | 1858; Race for Illinois senator; Lincoln (R); Douglas (D) |
| Lincoln Douglas Debates 2 | Both speeches were published all over the place; Lincoln lost, but gained fame for 1860 |
| John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry | 1859, Harper's Ferry was a federal arsenal; Steal guns and give them to slaves so they could revolt |
| John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry 2 | Caught and hanged; Martyr in the N and a villain in the S |
| 1857 Financial Panic | Bitter hostility between N and S |
| Lincoln's opponents | 1860; Stephen Douglass - Dem; John Breckenridge - Southern Dem; John Bell - Constitutional Union Party |
| Lincoln | wins election of 1860; South threatens to secede if he wins |
| Lincoln, 2nd term | 1864McClellan tries to use a "screw the South" platform; Support of troops |
| Lincoln, 2nd term 2 | Pass 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments |
| Lincoln famous quote | "With malice towards none, charity for all... let us strive on... to bind up the nation's wounds... (to create) a just and lasting peace." |
| Lincoln 2nd term 3 | Amnesty for reconstruction |
