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“The War Between the
States”
“Brother Against Brother”
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Causes of and Events Leading to
the Civil War
Continual Debate over State’s Rights
Issue of Slavery
Dred Scott Decision 1857
John Brown’s Slave Revolt at Harper’s
Ferry 1859
• Election of Abraham Lincoln as 16th
President 1860
• Confederate States secede from the
Union 1861
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s publication Uncle Tom’s Cabin
fueled the fire of the slavery debate.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Tubman
”…that all constitutional means
should be used to prevent the
increase, to mitigate, and
finally to eradicate the evil of
slavery,”
"What I mean by the higher law is,… the
law of nature; by which we suppose that
God, in giving man his existence, gave
him the right to exist; the right to
breathe vital air; the right to enjoy the
light of the sun; to drink the waters of
the earth; to unfold his moral nature;
to learn the laws that control his moral
and physical being; to bring himself into
harmony with those laws, and enjoy
that happiness which is consequent on
such obedience,… was the theory of
that law applied to the condition of
African slavery in the United States?
Unquestionably, to all.”
-John Brown
John Brown Took Harper's Ferry
Hostage
October 16, 1859
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John Brown's raid was perhaps
the final spark that ignited the
Civil War. Certainly the words
he spoke at his death would be
remembered: "Now, if it is
deemed necessary that I
should forfeit my life, for the
furtherance of the ends of
justice, and MINGLE MY BLOOD
FURTHER WITH THE BLOOD OF
MY CHILDREN, and with the
blood of millions in this Slave
country, whose rights are
disregarded by wicked, cruel,
and unjust enactments -- I say
LET IT BE DONE."
Amidst the country’s unrest, citizens dutifully
elected their leader. But this unifying action
did not unify the nation.
Lincoln Quote of the
Week
"I am naturally antislavery. If slavery is not
wrong, nothing is wrong.
I can not remember
when I did not so think,
and feel."
--From the April 4,
1864 Letter to A.G.
Hodges
Letter to Fort Sumter from
Abraham Lincoln
This letter was sent to Captain
Anderson with the newly elected
President’s assurance of support
just prior to the fall of Fort
Sumter .
Dred Scott Decision 1857
John Brown’s Slave Revolt at Harper’s Ferry
1859
The gap between brother and
brother grew until finally the
country was walking down
Continual Debate over State’s Rights
Issue of Slavery
Election of Abraham Lincoln as 16th President
1860
Confederate States secede from the Union 1861
Dred Scott Decision 1857
John Brown’s Slave Revolt at Harper’s
Ferry 1859
Continual Debate over State’s Rights
Issue of Slavery
Election of Abraham Lincoln as 16th
President 1860
Confederate States secede from the Union
1861
Power Point Presentation developed as part of
the
Adventure of the American Mind Project
funded through the Library of Congress.
Original documents and photos come from the
American Memory Collection of the Library of
Congress