Causes to the Civil War

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  • The ratification of the U.S.

    The U.S. Constitution was ratified and it said "All men are created equal". However people debated on the slaves, whether they were equal or not.

  • Puchase of the Lousiana Purchase

    With the purchase, the U.S. doubled in size and the question to bring slavery in the new territory was questioned.

  • Missouri Compromise of 1820

    The Missouri Compromise states that states above the 36'30' line were free, exeption of Missouri and already established states, and states below the line were slave. This creates a problem becouse thier is more territory up north than south.

  • Nat Turner Slave Rebellion

    A slave named Nat Turner had a dream that God told him to free his people and lead a rebellion that cost up to 65 whites. This caused stricter rights for slaves.

  • Mexican-American War

  • Compromise of 1850

    This Act lets:
    1. Admitts California as a free state
    2. Let Utah and the New Mexico vote to be free or slaved
    3. Texas got rid of a lot of its land
    4. Slave trading was abolished in Washington D.C.
    5. Fugitive Slave Act was strenghthened more

  • Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin

  • Dred Scott vs. Sanford

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    This act lets states vote on wheather be free or slaved, based on popular soverighnity. Eventually causing Bleeding Kansas.

  • Bleeding Kansas

    The Abolitionists and the Slave owners fought over what Kansas would be in the Union and as a result, the Aboulitionists win.

  • John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry

  • Election of Abraham Lincoln

  • Battle of Fort Sumter