Causes of The Civil War

By joicelynclay

  • Slavery

    Necessary Evil
    Forced Labor
    That "Peculiar Institution" caused division
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    Causes of Civil War

  • Missouri Compromise of 1820

    36 Degrees North 30 = No Slavery
    36 Degreees South 30 = Slavery
    Maine = Free State

  • Compromise of 1850

    California = Free State
    Tough Fugitive Slave Law
    No more slave trade in Washington, DC

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Fictional Book about Slavery
    Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
    Showed Slave Conditions

  • Kansas- Nebraska Act

    Overturned Missouri Compromise
    Use Popular Soverinty to determine slavery
    Aboltionst and Pro Slave Sypporters Clash

  • Bleeding Kansas

    Result of K-N Act
    Aboltionist and Pro Slave fight for two years
    They voted on slavery

  • Dred Scott Decision

    Slave that sued for his freedom and lost
    He was taken to a free state by his owner
    The decision was made that he was property not a person

  • John Brown: Radical Aboltionist

    At Harper's Ferry Virginia he lead a slave revolt
    He felt as if God gave him the task of freeing slaves
    The raid failed and he was executed

  • Election of 1860

    Abraham Lincoln (Repubilican) and John C. Breckenridge (Southern Democrat) ran for the Presidental Election. Some southern states seceded
    They became Confedarate States of America

  • Secession of Southern States

    South Carolina was the 1st to secede
    Others southern states followed shortly after.
    They formed the CSA under Jefferson Davis

  • Firing on Fort Sumter, S.C.

    1st Shots of Civil War
    CSA Tried to capture for guns
    Linclon sent food and supplies.

  • Lincon calls up volunteers to fight

    CSA formed army
    Linclon increased troops
    Led to Battle of bull run

  • Battle of Bull Run

    First Battle between union and Confederacy
    Union soldiers marched to the confederate soldier
    the Rebel army started off slowly and then rallied