Questions to respond to: How did slavery lead to secession?
Your response may take the form of a 200-300 word written post. You must reference at least one source from each day and at least 2 pieces of information from lecture to receive full marks.
As a reminder, the weekly readings/lectures were:
Week 12: The Road to Secession
April 4: The Turbulent 1850s
View: Cartoon, Forcing Slavery Down the Throat of a Freesoiler, 1856
View: Cartoon, The Caning of Charles Sumner, 1856
Read: Excerpts from the Dred Scott Decision, 1857
April 6: The Election of 1860 & the Coming of War
Map: The Election of 1860
(experiment with the results here, if you like)
Watch: National Park Service Introduction to Fort Sumter
Read: A. H. Stephens on the Cornerstone of the Confederacy, 1861
