Chapter 20 Outline-AP US History 							Mrs. Sanchez
Chapter 20 Reading due by Thursday, December 7, 2000
Drifting Toward Disunion

I. Stowe and Helper:  Literary Incendiaries
A. Stowe's goals in writing
B. Lincoln's statement
C. Importance of the book
1. in the North
2. Internationally
D. The Impending Crisis of the South by Hinton R. Helper
1. Who was Helper
2. Subject of Book
3. Importance
II. The North-South Contest for Kansas
A. People who moved into Kansas who were they? Who were they financed by?
B. Southern attitudes
C. Worsening conditions in Kansas
D. Events in Lawrence
III. Kansas in Convulsion
A. John Brown
1. Background
2. Pottawatomie Creek
B. Civil War in Kansas
C. Lecompton Constitution
1. Purpose
2. Problems
3. Outcome
IV. "Bully" Brooks and His Bludgeon
A. Events surrounding Charles Sumner and Preston Brooks
B. Reaction
V. "Old Buck" versus "The Pathfinder"
A. Election of 1856
1. the candidates-why chosen
2. issues of the Campaign
VI. The Electoral Fruits of 1856
A. Why did the Republicans lose?
B. Importance of the elections outcome
VII. The Dred Scott Bombshell
A. What was the Dred Scott case?
B. What was the ruling of the Supreme Court?
C. Reaction to the Ruling
VIII. The Financial Crash of 1857
A. Why did the crash occur?
B. Areas affected by the Crash
C. Plans because of the Crash
1. homestead
2. tariff

IX. An Illinois Rail-Splitter Emerges
A. Illinois Senatorial election of 1858
B. Lincoln's background
X. The Great Debate:  Lincoln versus Douglas
A. What happened in the Debate?
B. Why did Lincoln win?
C. Freeport Doctrine-what was it?
D. Why did Douglas win the election?
XI. John Brown:  Murderer or Martyr?
A. Brown's scheme
B. Events and Outcome
C. Reaction to Browns death.
XII. The Disruption of the Democrats
A. Conventions in South Carolina and Baltimore
B. Outcome of split in Democratic Party
XIII. A Rail-Splitter Splits the Union
A. Who were attracted to the Republican party?
B. Southern reaction to Lincoln's nomination.  Was the reaction justified?
XIV. The Electoral Upheaval of 1860
A. Outcomes of the election
B. Analysis of the election results
XV. The Secessionist Exodus
A. Order of succession
B. Organization of the CSA
C. Importance of the lame duck period
D. What possibly could have been done to stop seccession?
XVI. The Collapse of Compromise
A. Crittenden Compromise
1. Points
2. Reaction
a. Lincoln's dilemma
XVII. Farewell to Union
A. Why did the South leave the Union-reasons given?
B. Self-determination
C. Historical Parallels