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| Missouri enters US as slave state | The Missouri Compromise (1820)
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| Maine enters US as Free state | The Missouri Compromise (1820)
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| 36 30 degree line: North is free state, South is slave state | The Missouri Compromise (1820)
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| Cause: Continues the status quo which grows the divide between free and slave states | The Missouri Compromise (1820)
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| California enters US as Free state | Compromise of 1850
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| Territories of New Mexico and Utah get Popular Sovereignty. (right to choose Free or Slave) | Compromise of 1850
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| The Fugitive Slave Act required the North by law to return all runaway slaves. DC bans the slave trade. | Compromise of 1850
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| Cause: Status quo ends with keeping a balance between Free and Slave states. Balance of power will go to the Northern Free States. | Compromise of 1850
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| written by Harriet Beecher Stowe | Uncle Tom’s Cabin published, 1851
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| Depicts the cruelty of slavery in the South. | Uncle Tom’s Cabin published, 1851
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| Cause: Culture Shift: use of emotion to convince people to help end slavery | Uncle Tom’s Cabin published, 1851
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| Decided to let the territories decide if they would be a free or slave state (Popular Sovereignty) | The Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854
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| Cause: Both Pro and Anti slavery groups moving to Kansas to swing the vote. Led to armed conflict. “Bleeding Kansas” | The Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854
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| He was a slave. | The Dred Scott decision, 1857
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| Sued his master for his freedom. | The Dred Scott decision, 1857
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| Claimed that b/c they lived in a Free state for a time period he should be free. | The Dred Scott decision, 1857
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| Supreme court ruled that he was not free, b/c African Americans are not citizens they can’t sue. | The Dred Scott decision, 1857
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| An abolitionist who wanted to start a slave revolt by breaking into a Federal armory to arm the slaves | John Brown and Harper’s Ferry, 1859
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| They break into the armory but no slaves come to help | John Brown and Harper’s Ferry, 1859
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| John Brown is tried and hung. | John Brown and Harper’s Ferry, 1859
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| Cause: Prior to this event it was an argument of ideas. turns violent. | John Brown and Harper’s Ferry, 1859
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| Both are running for a Senate seat in Illinois. | Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 1858-1859
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| Primary issue is slavery (who can decide if a state is free or slave) *Douglas- Popular Sovereignty * lincoln- Legislature | Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 1858-1859
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| Cause: Both sides of the argument about free and slave are on public display. | Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 1858-1859
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| Candidates/ Party/ Region 1. Stephen Douglas/ Democrat/ North 2. Abraham Lincoln/ Republican/ North 3. John Bell/ Constitutional Union/ Border States 4. John C. Breckenridge/ Democrat/ South | Election of 1860
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| Results - Lincoln wins the election with only 40% of the popular vote. | Election of 1860
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| Cause: Not one Southern State voted for Lincoln. 1. Politically Powerless 2. South fears Lincoln will ban slavery. | Election of 1860
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| Which event do you feel had the greatest weight starting the civil war. | I think the election of 1860
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| Explain the election of 1860 | It was an election to decide who would become president and Lincoln ended up winning the election.
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| Explain how the election of 1860 caused the civil war. | The south did not vote a single vote for Lincoln and he ended up winning and they realized they had no power. The south feared Lincoln would ban slavery.
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