Causes of the Civil War

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  • Missouri Compromise

    Admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state!
    Preseved the balance between slaves and free states.
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    Causes of the Civil War

  • Wilmot Proviso

    Proposed making all land gotten from mexico free.
    Southerners were mad because they wanted slavery to spread.
  • Dred Scott Decisions

    Dred Scott fought for his freedom in court and 1st said yeah and 2nd said no and so one he finally got freedom by Taylow Blow, bought freedom with bonds.
  • Compromise of 1850

    Californa became a free state, Wasington D.C would not allow trading or selling slaves. This was another temporary solution!!
  • Uncle Toms Cabin

    Book wrote by Harriet Beecher Stowne, which stunned people with her description of slavery. Unraged the north: told people what the slavery was bad.
  • Kansas/ Nebraska Act

    Stephen Douglas gets to decide. The right to vote on slave states by popular sovertiy. Kansas and Nebraska should have became free because there above 36' and 30' N Laitiude!!
  • Bleeding Kansas

    People of both sides moved to Kansas to vote there was a lot of violence! Kansas became a free state and violence began to grow. First violence clash over slavery.
  • Lincoln Douglas Debate

    LIncoln was agianst slavery and wanted it to go away Douglas was agianst slavery but didnt care. Lincoln challanged Douglas to a war of ideas.
  • Jhon Browns raid

    Jhon Brown was agianst slavery and lead a group of white people to go get wepons. Goal was to arm slaves!
  • Lincoln Election

    Lincoln was elected
  • South Carolina Secedes

    South Carolina opposed lincolns election.