Causes of the Civil War

By Alexiahonna

  • Slavery

    Necessary evil
    N= Hate It
    S= <3 it

  • Missouri Compromise

    Maine= Free State
    36 30'= No Slavery
    36 30'= Slavery

  • Compromise of 1850

    California= Free
    People decide extension of slavery
    End slave trade in DC

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Fiction book about slavery
    S= hate
    N= <3

  • Republican Party Formed

    Whigs free-soilers
    Know-nothings
    No expansion of slavery

  • Kansas -Nebraska Act

    Overturned Mo. Comp.
    Pop. Sov. to determine if slave or free state
    Abolitionist & Pro Slave clash

  • Brooks Attacks Sumner

    Brutal side of slavery
    Brooks hits sumner with cane
    At Senate Debate

  • Dred Scott v. Sanford

    Slaves are property
    Mo. Comp. unconstitutional
    Slaves can live anywhere

  • Lincoln-Douglas Debate

    Debate expansion of slaves
    National Attention
    Anti-expansion of slavery

  • John Brown's Raid

    All captured and hung
    S= Murderer Villian
    N= Martyr Hero

  • Secession of Southern States

    SC starts it
    Davis president
    Other states follow

  • Lincoln Calls Up Volunteers to Fight

    CSA formed Army
    Increased troops
    Led to Bull Run

  • Firing on Fort Sumter, S.C

    CSA
    Capture for guns
    Lincoln sent food & supplies