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Causes of Civil War
The Causes of the Civil War
Cause | Effect |
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Missouri Compromise | divided the US into free and slave states |
Compromise of 1850 | the North had one more state than the South. |
Uncle Tom's Cabin | showed people the reality of slavery and created a larger divide about the issue of slavery. |
Kansas-Nebraska Act | the fighting shifted from using words to using guns over the issue of slavery. |
Dred Scott Decision | nullifies all compromises that dealt with the free and slave states because “property” can be moved to any state. |
Harper's Ferry | Brown used violence to try to ban slavery. |
Lincoln-Douglas Debates | the South did not like either option for slavery and it puts the issue of slavery front and center in a public debate. |
Election of 1860 | the South felt powerless and they feared that Lincoln would ban slavery |