lead to the civil war

By kirajensrud
  • Causes of the Civil War

    Causes of the Civil War

    EACH NEW TERRITORIAL ACQUISITION REIGNITED THE DEBATE OVER SLAVERY. COMPROMISE KEPT WAR AT BAY FOR A TIME BUT IT WAS A TENSION-FILLED POWDER KEG WAITING FOR A SPARK..........
    OVERVIEW OF 8 EVENTS THAT LED TO THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. 1850-1861
  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850

    -Texas was paid $10 million to scale back its land claims in the West
    california wants to be free state south wants it to be slave california gets to be free and fugitive slave laws tighten up for the south.
  • THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT OF 1850 INFURIATED NORTHERNERS

    THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT OF 1850 INFURIATED NORTHERNERS

    its self explanatory
    Congress had made it illegal to even assist a fugitive slave
  • Uncle Tom’s Cabin 1852

    Uncle Tom’s Cabin 1852

    Harriet Beecher Stowe’s book sells 300,000 copies in the first year and over 2 million copies within five years. The 2nd highest selling book of the 19th century.
  • Kansas Nebraska Act 1854

    Kansas Nebraska Act 1854

    The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed each territory to decide the issue of slavery on the basis of popular sovereignty.
    “Bleeding Kansas” is violently torn in half for years between pro slavery/anti slavery.