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Civil War Causes
causes of the civil war acts and agreements and debates
| Missouri Compromise | to preserve balance in congress between slave and free states |
| Missouri Compromise | Missouri was a slave state and Maine as a free state and enters union. |
| Missouri Compromise | prohibited slavery in the Louisiana Territory north of the 36* 30 latitude line |
| Missouri Compromise | continues status quo of keeping free and slave equal. This only creates a larger divide between free and slave states. |
| Compromise of 1850 | California would be a free state. Remainder of Mexican cession would be divided into two territories |
| Compromise of 1850 | New Mexico and Utah, and the territories would decide by popular sovereignty whether to be slave state or free |
| Compromise of 1850 | slave trade would be banished in DC and congress would strengthen the fugitive slave act |
| Compromise of 1850 | Ends status quo of trying to keep free and slave equal. The north ends up with more political power. |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | Anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe published in 1852. Helped lay the groundwork for the civil war. |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | Depicts the reality of slavery while asserting christian love can overcome something as destructive and cruel as slavery from a fellow human being. |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | Evokes emotions to move someone to action for slaves. But it enrages the south. |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | Allow Kansas and Nebraska popular sovereignty. Pro and anti slavery groups Neb. and Kansas to swing the vote. |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | Conflicts between the two groups break out into bloodshed. “Bleeding Kansas” A shift from a fight of words to a fight with physical violence. |
| Dred Scott Decision | The court held that Scott was not free based on his residence in either Illinois or Wisconsin because he was not considered a person under the U.S. Constitution |
| Dred Scott Decision | Dred Scott was the property of his owner, and property could not be taken from a person without due process of law |
| Dred Scott Decision | "no free states" |
| John Brown and HP | abolitionist who seized the arsenal and wanted AA to join in a revolt. They did not join |
| John Brown and HP | Brown was placed on trial and charged with treason against the state of Virginia, murder, and slave insurrection. Brown was sentenced to death and hanged in December. |
| Lincoln Douglas Debate | 1. was the running for the senate seat of Illinois 2. who could determine a state to be free or slave |
| Lincoln_Douglas Debate | *Douglas- says the people have popular sovereignty *Lincoln- Federal Government should make decisions |
| Lincoln-Douglas Debate | The south did not like either opinion and felt uneasy about both arguments. The debate is known all across the US which gives Lincoln fame. |
| Election of 1860 | 1. Douglas- Democrat- north 2. Lincoln- Republican- north 3. Bell- Constitutional Union- Border 4. Breckenridge- Democrat- south |
| Election of 1860 | Lincoln wins with only 40% of the popular vote, but 180 electoral votes. |
| Election of 1860 | Not one southern state voted for Lincoln. South felt politically powerless. Afraid Lincoln will end slavery. |
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