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Missouri Compromise
A set division line where states North of it had to be free and states south of it could be slave states. The state of Missouri was created as a slave state while Vermont was created as a free state. This led to the Civil war since it directly created a line that divided the North and South, this would lead to sectionalism. -
Tariff of Abominations
A tariff set on imported goods to make them more expensive and national goods more affordable. This was very good for the industrial North and bad for the agrarian South. This led to the civil war since the South started to consider how the federal government only helped the North and that they should create their own government that would support them. -
Nat Turner’s Rebellion
A slave rebellion led by Nat Turner where slaves passed from plantation to plantation killing whites and getting supplies. After killing 55 whites the rebellion was finally stopped by southern forces that gave brutal punishments to the slaves. This rebellion led to the war since it shows the brutality of the slave treatment to the North states who will see and argue more against slavery and its immoral conduct which in fact was fundamental for the Southern economy. -
Compromise of 1850
This compromise accepted California as a free state, but other new territories would have no limits on slavery. Slave trade would be illegal in Washington DC. A stronger fugitive slave law was set. This compromise led to the civil war because it angered the North that was anti- slavery, however this compromise would give no slavery limits to new territories and would give a stronger fugitive slave law. -
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
This was a book written in 1852 by Harriet Beecher Stowe, it was anti-slavery and it showed the true horrors of slavery. It led to the civil war since it became best seller and increased Northern awareness of the truths of the slavery and increased the thought that slavery should be abolished. -
Kansas - Nebraska Act
This act dismissed the Missouri Compromise in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, instead people would vote if their state would become slave or free. This led to the Civil War since it angered Northerners that didn’t support slavery nor the repealing of the Missouri compromise and slavery in territories that have always been free. -
Birth of the Republican Party
In 1854, the Republican Party was formed by the union of anti-slavery Whigs and some Democrats who joined the Free-Soilers. The party’s main goal was to ban slavery in new territories. This led to the Civil War since it angered the Southerners who has economy based on slavery, and the Republican party had anti-slavery ideals. -
Bleeding Kansas
The elections of the Kansas Nebraska Act ended being pro-slavery, however it seemed like there was some cheating. Anti-slavery groups refused to obey pro-slavery laws and did their own elections that banned slavery. Kansas had two rival governments. Anti and pro-slavery groups in Kansas started to have confrontations, in one of these 5 anti-slavery people were killed. Newspapers named this the “Bleeding Kansas”, however local forces arrived to stop the confrontations. This led to the Civil War -
Dred Scott v. Standford
Dred Scott was a slave that moved with his owner to Illinois, then to Wisconsin, and then back to Missouri. He claimed he should be a free man since he had lived in free territories. Chief Justice Roger B. Taney said that Dred was still a slave, that he was property and living in free land wouldn't make him free. He wrote that Congress couldn’t ban slavery, that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional, and that the constitution protected slavery. This led to the Civil war since it angered t -
Lincoln - Douglas Debates
Lincoln and Douglas had seven debates for the Senate elections. The main topic of the debates was slavery. Douglas said that Lincoln wanted African Americans to have the same rights as whites; Lincoln denied this and said that African Americans should have more rights and freedoms. Douglas mentioned that people could refuse to pass pro-slavery laws, which became known as the Freeport Doctrine. Douglas won, however Lincoln won the reputation of a very intelligent man, he became well-known. These -
John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry
John Brown, who had anti-slavery ideals, planned on attacking Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, he would take the arsenal’s arms, arm slaves, and begin a revolt against slave owners. His plan failed and he received a terrible death sentence. This angered the South since a abolitionist tried to begin a revolt against them, it also angered the North the way the Southerners executed John Brown. -
Lincoln’s Election
Abraham Lincoln gained national attention after the Illinois Senate race in 1858, that he lost but was protagonist. In the elections of 1860 Lincoln was named as the Republican candidate, Lincoln was very popular in the North, thanks to the Northern votes Lincoln won the presidential election. This led to the Civil War since it angered Southerners because the new president was a Republican and an anti-slavery president.