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The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was an agreement in 1820 that was between pro-slave states and anti-slave states in order to categorize Missouri as a slave state, and Maine as a free state. It is a factor that contributed to the Civil War because it states that Maine is a free state which balanced the number of pro slavery states and anti-slavery states. This sectionalized the nation. -
Tariff of Abominations or Tariff of 1828
The Tariff of Abominations of the tariff of 1828 was a tarrif that was put on imported goods so that Americans would buy U.S. made goods.This benefited the Northern States because it let them buy their own imported goods while the South didn't like this tax because their economy was an agrarian based economy. This tariff was a contributor to the American Civil War because this tariff benefited one part of the nation and was disadvantegous to the other part of the nation, which was sectionalism. -
Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion
Nat Turner's Rebellion was a rebelion lead by Nat Turner, an African American slave, in Southampton County, Virginia, where Nat Turner and 70 rebel slaves killed 55-65 people silently without firearms. This contributed to the Civil War because it showed it showed that the slaves could express their suffering violently, which demonstrated that the slaves weren't worthless. -
Texas Annexation
The Texas Annexation was the process of incorporating Texas which was an independent country, into the U.S. This contributed to the Civil War because for Texas to become a state as a slave state, a free state had to be made. Oregon was later stated as a free state in order to balance the amount of free states and the amount of slave states. This encouraged sectionalism. -
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Mexican-American War
The Mexican-American War was a war between the U.S. and Mexico because Mexico thought that Texas was still part of their territory, despite the Independence of Mexico in 1836. It was a three part plan, to win Texas, California, and then get to Ciudad de Mexico to surrender the other opponent. This was connected to the Civil War because it raised many questions about the charaterization of California. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was made to benefit both sides of the U.S. The compromise admitted California to the United States as a “free” state but allowed some newly acquired territories to decide on slavery for themselves. It was one of the causes of the Civil War because it showed the country as a sectionalist country, and one of the bills passed by this compromise was the Fugitive Slave Act, that demonstrated the extreme unfair treatment of slaves and sectionalism in the US. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Along the Lowly by Harriet Breecher Stowe
Uncle Tom's Cabin was a novel written by a Connecticut aboitionist in the 19th century that showed the treatment of slaves through the eyes of a fictional chracter called Uncle Tom. This novel was one of the major factors of the Civil War because it showed the unfair treatment that slaves were recieving, and since it was a bestselling novel, many Americans learned about the real deal of slavery. This book demonstrated the U.S. as two separate pieces put into one; sectionalism. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This Act was the act of Congress in 1854 annulling the Missouri Compromise, providing for the organization of the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, and permitting these territories self-determination on the question of slavery. This angered the North because territory that was categorized as a slave state didn't have to be free state, and angered the South because this new territory didn't have to be a slave state, which meant that all the disputes these two sections had were a waste of time -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas was a term used to describe the violent civil disturbances in Kansas from 1854 to 1858. The violence was provoked by the Kansas-Nebraska Act. These violent times were made because the government was going to decide if Kansas was going to be a free state or a slave state due to popular sovereignty. This upset the North and the South because they considered popular sovereignty as a feeling and opinion, which upset the South and the North. -
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Bleeding Kansas
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Birth of the Grand Old Party or the Republican Party
This party was born when the Anti-slavery Whigs,democrats and the Free-Soilers combined. This was a party mostly supported by northerners. The Democrats became a party mostly supported by the Southerners. This contributed to the Civil War because it demonstrated sectionalism, which demonstrated different ideas. -
Dred Scott v.s. Sanford
Dredd Scott, an enslaved Aftican American lived in a slavery-free territory along with his master. They left the state. Scott thought that since he had been in a free teritory, then he had the right to become a free person against the Supreme Court. The judge, Roger Taney, said that since he was an object, he had no right to make a lawsuit since he was a slave, and he was not a citizen. This made the South mad since they realized that slavery wasn't going to be easy to beat. -
Start of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates were 7 debates that were about slavery. Douglas thought that slaves should have equal treatment as whites. Lincoln thought that slaves should have equal rights but denied equal treatment as for slaves and for whites. This was related to the Civil War because it showed that people had very different views of slavery, and it showed Lincoln's views of slavery, which made him win the Election of 1860, which was another major cause of the Civil War. -
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
John Brown conducted a raid into Harper's Ferry along with armed African American slaves. The nearby citizens stopped the raid and hung Brown. The Northeners saw this act of violence as a wrong action while the Southeners saw it like a good thing. -
Lincoln's Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln was nominated by the Republicans(wanted to leave slavery alone, but ban it in the territories) and the Northern Democrats nominated Sthephen Douglas. This election was the real starter of the American Civil War since Lincoln won the election(by far),which meant that the Republicans would win, whic made the Democratic Republicans mad. This contributed to the Civil War because when Lincoln won, many southern states thought of seceding from the Union in order to preserve slavery.
