In last weeks lesson, we learned about how the election of 1860 represented the deep divisions of slavery. Abraham Lincoln was a republican and he was against slavery. douglas was a northern Democrat who believed that the expansion of slavery should be determined using popular sovereignty. There were other important men who were against slavery though. Breckenridge, a southern democrat, believed there should be no limits on slavery and Bell, a part of the constitution union, wanted to preserve the constitution and the Union as is; keeping slavery. There were a lot of events that affected whether there should be slavery or not. In class my group and I created a video that explained the things that led up to the election of 1860 and the election itself.
The Harper's Ferry Insurrection [John Brown, Now Under Sentence of Death for Treason and Murder, at Charleston, VA.]
November 18, 1859 - See more at: http://www.civilwarinart.org/items/show/14#sthash.PkdYEijr.dpuf
The Seceding South Carolina Delegation
December 22, 1860
Mathew Brady
1822-1896
Page 801 - See more at: http://www.civilwarinart.org/items/show/153#sthash.Ef9as8nf.dpuf
Our Banner in the Sky
1861
Frederic Edwin Church
1826-1900 - See more at: http://www.civilwarinart.org/items/show/28#sthash.SMEH9ck9.dpuf
Bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor
1861
Currier and Ives - See more at: http://www.civilwarinart.org/items/show/63#sthash.3Wx6S02p.dpuf
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