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The events that lead up to, or caused the civil war
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Missouri entered as a slave state
Maine entered as a free state
The 36’30” is drawn. This line was no supposed to decide whether slavery would be allowed in certain territories or not -
California enters as a FREE state.
The area from Mexican Cession divided into Utah and New Mexico. Slavery issue to be decided by popular sovereignty
Made a STRICT Fugitive Slave Law
Settled border problems between New Mexico and Texas -
This law was part of the compromise of 1850
It was a law that required citizens to catch runaway slaves.
If a person did not comply, they could be fined up to $1000 or put in jail for SIX months.
Judges receive $10 if they returned a salve and $5 if they freed them
Northerners HATED this law because it forced them to become a part of the system of slavery. -
Divides lands into Kansas and Nebraska territories.
Decided that SLAVERY issue would be decided by popular sovereignty.
Led to violence in the Senate.
Pr-slavery and Anti-slavery settlers in one area and this leads to conflict!
Northerners believe this repealed the Missouri Compromise. -
The Court ruled he was not a citizen but rather property and therefore he could not file a lawsuit.
This repealed the Missouri Compromise. -
Douglass believed in deciding slavery by popular sovereignty.
Lincoln believed slavery should Not be allowed to spread into the territories. -
The southern states did not like Lincoln or what he believed in. They overwhelmingly supported Douglass yet Lincoln still got elected.
Many southerners talked of seceding from the Union