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Many men from all over the country contributed in getting this law passed and although some didn’t live to see it, it happened. This compromise was going to allow Washington D.C to become a slave state, but only if California would be a free state. The Fugitive Slave act was an act that would force citizens to help handing over runaway slaves while also taking away some of the few rights the slaves had. Both of these acts contributed to the war because slaves wanted to fight for their rights. -
It was believed that if this compromise was accepted, slavery would move into lands that were prohibited in the past. This act was going to allow different territories to decide for themselves if they wanted to be a slave state or not. Unfortunately, the Kansas territory is above the 36-30 line meaning slavery was about to reach the northern parts of America. This led to many anti-slavery citizens to fight back and go into Kansas in order to make it a non-slave state, which led to the war. -
This event drew people far apart depending on their views on slavery. These 2 groups were the pro-slavery and anti-slavery sides. Many conflicts occurred because of these different views. These sides wanted to fight for the rights over Kansas because of either its position on the map or more power over slavery. This would lead to the civil war because of the conflicting sides wanting to fight for their opinions. -
A few days prior to this incident, senator Charles Sumner had said a few things about a man named Andrew Butler. This man was related to Preston Brooks and because of this, Preston wanted to get back at Sumner. One day Brooks walked into the senate chamber and repeatedly struck Summer in the head until he was close to death in front of many others. This would lead to the civil war because this incident became very popular and people wanted to fight back in order to prevent more things like this -
A man named Dred Scott decided to sue Sanford because she refused to give them their freedom. After a long court process the U.S Supreme Court decided that they would side with Sanford. At the time, the Scott’s lives in one of the Northern states which would mean that the Supreme Court would be allowing slavery in territories where it wasn’t allowed. This would lead to the civil war because it wasn’t fair that the Supreme Court disregarded the agreement that the U.S had regarding slavery states. -
These were many debates between Stephen Douglas from the democratic side, and Abraham Lincoln from the Republican side. Most of these debates were focused on if slavery should be allowed to move into more territories. When Lincoln gave his speech, basically stating that America could not thrive while being separated, Douglas started to challenge Lincoln to these debates. This led to these men becoming popular on their side, which led to Lincoln becoming president, which led to the civil war. -
When John Brown went to Kansas with 5 of his sons, the town he was in was raided my men that were pro-slavery. After this, he decided that he would personally get back at them. This was because he wanted to get rid of slavery. On October 16th, Brown, along with other men, raided a town as well as gathering many hostages. News that this was occurring spread and soon, Brown and his men were caught. This led to the civil war because there were many problems occurring because of the divided sides. -
Although Abraham Lincoln got only 40% of the popular vote, he won by a lot when it came to the electoral votes getting more than double the highest contender. Before this, it was clear that Lincoln wanted to either get rid of slavery or make it so that slavery territories could never increase. In one of his speeches, Lincoln says that a divided country can’t thrive, this is something that turned many against him. This would lead to the war because many disagreed with him, and wanted to fight.