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THE UNION IN PERIL:
CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR
CHAPTER 10
Section 3
Birth of the Republican Party
Why were new political parties emerging
in the mid-1800’s?
1. Franklin __________was elected President in
1852.
2. James __________ was elected President in
1856.
3. Nativists were opposed to ____________.
4. The Republican party first ran a candidate for
president in _________ (1848, 1852, 1856,
1860)
5. Horace _________ was a newspaper editor
and helped to found the Republican Party.
MATCHING
a. 1848 b. 1852 c. 1856
d.1860
1. Winfield Scott ran for President in ____.
2. Franklin Pierce was elected President in ___
3. The Republican party first ran a candidate for
president in _________.
FILL IN THE BLANK
4. The Know-Nothings were also known
as_______.
5. Horace Greeley’s profession (job) was ______.
MATCHING
• 1848 b. 1852 c. 1856
d.1860
1. Franklin Pierce was elected President in ____
2. James Buchanan was elected President in ___
3. The Republican party first ran a candidate for
president in _________.
FILL IN THE BLANK
4. The Know-Nothing party was anti- _________.
5. Horace Greeley helped to found the ________
Party.
Why were new political parties
emerging
in the mid-1800’s?
NEW POLITICAL PARTIES
• Know-Nothing Party (Nativism): formed in
1849, favors native-born people over
immigrants, anti-Catholic, and originally a
secret-society.
• Free-Soil Party (Anti-slavery): formed in 1848
to oppose extension of slavery into the
territories.
• Republican Party : Founded in 1854 to oppose
Kansas-Nebraska Act and keep slavery out of
territories. Absorbed parts of the Whigs, Freesoilers, and Know-nothing parties.
Election of 1852
• The Whig Party nominates Mexican war
hero Winfield Scott.
• Scott opposes the Fugitive Slave Act.
• This infuriates Southern Whigs.
• Whig Party splits over slavery.
• Democratic candidate Franklin Pierce
becomes President in 1852.
See http://uselectionatlas.org/USPRESIDENT
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1848
Free
Soil
Party
Whigs
N. Whigs
1852
S. Whigs
Democrats
Franklin Pierce
1856
Republican Party
Know-Nothings
Democrats
James Buchanan
Election of 1856
• Search for “Kansas-less” candidates
• Republicans (new party) pick John C. Fremont
PLATFORM: No further extension of slavery
• Democrats pick James Buchanan
PLATFORM: Popular sovereignty in territories
• American/Nativists pick ex-Pres. Fillmore
PLATFORM: anti-Catholic, anti-immigrant
RESULT: Buchanan wins, Democrats are split N & S
See http://uselectionatlas.org/USPRESIDENT/
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REPUBLICAN
PARTY
FACTORS IN THE RISE OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY
THE UNION IN PERIL:
CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR
CHAPTER 10
Section 4
Slavery and Secession
Why did the South secede?
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