Issues leading to the Civil War

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Missouri Compromise- 1820

Texas Annexation- 1846

Wilmot Proviso Passed as a last second measure at the beginning of the Mexican-American War (August 1846): “Provided, That, as an express and fundamental condition to the acquisition of any territory from the Republic of Mexico by the United States, by virtue of any treaty which may be negotiated between them, and to the use by the Executive of the moneys herein appropriated [$2million dollars in 1846], neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory, except for crime, whereof the party shall first be duly convicted.” By the end of the war, Southerners were able to block its addition to the Treaty of Guadalupe- Hidalgo

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo (Mexican Cession)

The Compromise of 1850 Where should Texasboundaries lie?

Kansas- Nebraska Act: “Bleeding Kansas”

Preston Brooks and Charles Sumner

Scott vs. Sandford aka- “The Dred Scott Decision”

John Brown and the raid on Harper’s Ferry, VA

Election of 1860 Stephen Douglass- Northern Democratic Abraham Lincoln- Republican John Bell- Constitutional Union John C. Breckinridge- Southern Democratic

Election Results: CandidatePartyHome State # of VotesPercentage of Votes Electoral Seats Abraham Lincoln RepublicanIllinois1,865, John C. Breckinridge Southern Democrat Kentucky848, John BellConstitutional Union/ Whig Tennessee590, Stephen Douglas Northern Democrat Illinois1,380, Totals4,685, (152 to win)

Secession Crisis

Attack on Fort Sumter April 12, 1861

How many stars on the U.S. flag?