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Causes of The Civil War

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  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise

    1. Missouri became a slave state.
    2. Maine became a free state
    3. 36 30 line is drawn everything above would be free territory everything below would be slave territory
  • Nat Turner's Rebellion

    Nat Turner's Rebellion

    It was a slave rebellion that killed slave owners and their families over fifty were killed, all slaves who participated were executed spread paranoia in south over slave rebellions led to worse conditions for slaves
  • Compromise Of 1850

    Compromise Of 1850

    1. California enters the union as a free state 2.Slave trade is banned in D.C. 3.The rest of the Mexican Cession used popular sovereignty to decide whether or not to be free or slave state 4.Fugitive Slave Act passed meaning people can go into free states to capture escaped slaves
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Uncle Tom's Cabin

    1.Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin to show the horrors of slavery
    2.The book was a huge success and spread abolitionism in the north
  • Kansas Nebraska Act

    Kansas Nebraska Act

    The territories of Kansas and Nebraska would be open to slavery by popular sovereignty Resulted in abolitionists and slavers coming to Kansas
    resulting in violent conflict called "Bleeding Kansas"
  • Dred Scot Ruling

    Dred Scot Ruling

    1.African Americans whether free or enslaved were not citizens
    2.Living on free soil didn't make you free
    3.Slaves were property and therefore protected by the 5th amendment
  • John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry

    John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry

    The raid started at a federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry Virginia. The purpose of the raid was to arm slaves and start slave rebellions.He was captured by marines led by Robert E. Lee and after he was captured was hung for murder treason and conspiracy.
  • 1860 Election

    1860 Election

    1.Lincoln
    2.States started seceding
    3.Lincoln declares secession illegal
    4.Confederates attack Fort Sumter