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Causes of the Civil War
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Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was created by Henry Clay, this compromise allowed Missouri to join as a free state but to keep the power balance in the senate, it allowed Maine to join as a free state. The compromise also said states joining would be free if they were above the latitude 36 degrees 30 and slave if they were south of that. This was a big cause of the civil war. It kept peace for 30 years but when California joined the south complained because most of its land was south of the line. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner was a radical abolitionist who planned a massive slave rebellion. During the rebellion he and his men killed 57 white people and 100 black people. Months after the rebellion he was found in a swamp on November 11th,1831. This was the reason why later slaves were denied being able to learn reading. -
Compromise of 1850
The compromise of 1850 allowed New Mexico and Utah to vote on slavery or freedom. It prohibited slave sales in Washington D.C. and the south got the Fugitive Slave Act which made it illegal to help runaway slaves. The compromise kept peace for another 10 years but as Kansas and Nebraska joined violence was not able to be avoided. -
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave act was passed as part of the Compromise of 1850. The act made it illegal to help runaway slaves. If you did it would be punishable. When this act passed a few anti-slavery people broke into jails and set slaves free. It was something that enraged the north and was a cause of the Civil War. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
As Kansas and Nebraska prepared to join the Union the south said that it was not fair to have two free states join and no slave states join because of the power balance. Though both states were obove the latitude 36 degrees 30 north line, one was joined as a free state and one as a slave state. After they joined the Union they had elections for their representatives of the state. The north refused to accept results becaus ethey thought people illegally voted, and so Bleeding Kansas happened. -
John Brown Rebellion
John Brown was an abolitionist and from a young age learned not to like slavery from his father. He planned a massive slave rebellion and in 1855 raided the Harper's Ferry arsenal. He and his group of men killed many men for slavery.On December 2nd John Brown stood trial and was hanged. -
Election of 1860
The presidential election was going on and the people that opposed slavery had one candidate, Abraham Lincoln. The people for slavery had a few candidates and the votes were split. Lincoln one without one southern state, the south worried that a anti-slavery person would be elected and end slavery. After Lincoln won the south split from the Union and then started the Civil War. -
Secession
This day was the day the first state split from the Union, later the rest of the south joined in. They called themselves the Cofederate states of America, the war started when the south attacked Fort Sumter and for 36 hours the fort was attacked. That was the start of the Civil War.
