Was the Civil War inevitable?

Sectional Differences The Northwest Ordinance (1787) Originally important for westward migration All lands North of Ohio would be free, everything South would be slave states Sectional Differences

Missouri Compromise BACKGROUND: 1819, slave states and free states are balanced at 11 each That meant neither N/S had a majority in the Senate Missouri (west of Ohio) applies for admission as a slave state Missouri would tip the balance Missouri Compromise

Missouri Compromise Congress is deadlocked Revisited in 1820, Maine applies to enter as a free state Henry Clay sponsors the Compromise Missouri Compromise

Terms of the Compromise MO would join as a slave state ME would join as a free state Remains balanced  36 30’ line becomes the border Eased tensions temporarily Terms of the Compromise

Sectionalism: a strong attachment to regional interests NORTH SOUTH Urban Rural Huge population growth Plantation system depended on slaves Economy: industrial, factories, manufactured goods Economy: very little industry, based on export of agricultural products Two Ways of Life

Growing Divide Abolitionist movement Differing views on slavery Wilmot Proviso—attempted to ban slavery from any newly acquired state Never passed They would settle disputes based on popular sovereignty Growing Divide

Precursors Compromise of 1850 Fugitive Slave Law Kansas-Nebraska Act Bleeding Summer/Bleeding Kansas Dred Scott Decision Harper’s Ferry/ John Brown’s Raid Precursors

You will look at 6 different precursors (causes) of the Civil War They will be either: Political Legal An act of violence We just looked at abolitionism as an important SOCIAL precursor Directions

Directions Same process as last week Read the excerpt Answer the Step 1 questions as group, no need to do it all on your own Then, jot down the key facts/significance About 7 minutes at each station Directions