October+15-19

=October 19, Friday= LeCompton Constitution-Constitution for Kansas said people could vote for or against slavery but not for or against the constitution Hinton Helper-Wrote //The Impending Crisis of the South,// against slavery and blacks Republican Party-grew because democratic party split into north and south, 1860 controlled the government Secession of the South- both thought they were better off without the other, James Buchanan did nothing to keep it from happening, thought secession was illegal but could not do anything about it Election-November 1860, Inaug.- March 1861

=October 17, Wednesday= Quiz chapter 18, chapter 19 handed out, work on collaborative Power Point: North and South

Whigs split in the election of 1852/slavery
- conscience whigs left it to the free soil party - democratic victory - 3rd political party system eventually emerges democrats/republicans -Whigs split because of in decistion of slavery

KANSAS/NEBRASKA proposal
- Railroad in the north/ Kansas/Nebraska territories left to popular sovereignty/contradicted the Missouri Compromise/Alowed for more slave states

=October 16, Tuesday= Chapter 18 Notes! Quiz tomorrow, chapter 18 POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY --- Mexican Cession ~Compromise of 1850 --- Kansas Nebraska Territory --- (in Louisiana Purchase) ~Stephen A Douglas

=October 18, Thursday= Connections with chapter 18 and 19: Kansas-Nebraska Act Supreme Court decision on slavery The splitting of the political parties