Civil war causes

  • Missouri compromise

    after missouri applied to be a state it became a slave state. Later states above the southern border were then created to be free.
  • Nat turner rebellion

    slave preacher named nat turner led one of the most deadly slave revolts
  • Wilmot proviso

    The wilmot proviso was the proposal following the mexican american war to prohibit the spread of slaves unto newly created states.
  • treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    The treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was the treaty that ended the mexican american war that resulted in mexico leading 55 percent of its territory
  • compramise of 1850

    series of bills that made california a free state kansas a states and introduced popular sovereignty
  • uncle toms cabin

    anti slavery book that depicted a slave as a saint and noble that cause much controversy throughout the country.
  • kansas nebraska act

    made kansas a state and got made rid of the missouri compromise line
  • Scott vs sandford

    An escaped slave went to the supreme court to say that he had been in the north and should thus be a free man and was ruled against.
  • john browns raid

    Crazy man john brown ransacked a town and took hostages then surrounding towns banned together and arrested and executed him.
  • election of 1860

    abraham lincoln was elected however he did not gain majority vote instead won via electoral college and the south seceded from the union