Trigger Events of the Civil War Objective: The culmination of a series of confrontations regarding the institution of slavery resulted in the Civil War

Triggers of the Civil War 1. 1820 Missouri Compromise
 2. 1831 Nat Turner's Rebellion 
 3. 1846: The Wilmot Proviso 
 4. 1850: Compromise of 1850  
5. 1852: Uncle Toms Cabin 
 6. 1854-1861 Bleeding Knee
 7. 1857 Dred Scott v. Sanford 
 8. 1859 John Brown's Raid 
 9. 1860 Abraham Lincoln's Election 
10. 1861The Battle of Fort Sumter

Missouri Compromise Missouri’s application for statehood as a slave state sparked a bitter national debate.  unbalance of slave states vs. non slave states in Congress Missouri Compromise: admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state (only state in the north to allow slavery) Maine as a free state

Tariff of 1828 “Tariff (tax) of abomination made foreign products expensive to buy, especially if they did produce similar items benefited the north not the south the south produced raw materials foreign countries lost money, in return they purchased fewer raw materials such as cotton from the south

Nat Turners Rebellion 1831 Nat Turner, a slave, led 60 other slaves led a violent rebellion resulted in the deaths of 50 Virginians Nat and the others were executed struck long-term fear in the hearts of slave owners slave owners placed new restrictions on slave promoted a nation debate on slavery question

Tariff of 1832 “Compromise” Tariff attempt to appease the south after the 1828 Tariff Ordinance of Nullification: issued by South Carolina declared both tariff UNCONSTITUTIONAL nullification: state has the right to invalidate any federal law deemed unconstitutional Jackson threat to use military force if necessary S.C repealed Ordinance

Wilmont Proviso 1846 Designed to eliminate slavery within the land acquired after Mexican War named after David Wilmont feared an addition of a pro-slave state enflamed the growing controversy over slavery

Compromise of 1850 Question of whether states would be slave or or free states (land acquired after Mexican American War) California admitted as a free state New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah were allowed to decide if they would permit slavery Included the fugitive slave law ended slavery in the District of Columbia

Uncle Toms Cabin 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe’s response to the Fugitive Slave Law influenced the view of slavery by the American public influenced Europeans. They refused to help or support the south during the Civil War depicted the cruel and inhumane treatment of slaves Lincoln announced the Emancipating of Proclamation after reading the book

Bleeding Kansas 1856 Connects to the Compromise of 1850; giving state the right to be slave or free state Proslavery and free-state settlers flooded Kansas in attempt to influence the decision known as “Border Ruffians” Border War Kansas experienced violence among settler proslavery Missourians or ruffians looted the town John Brown led anti-slavery fighters in Kansas before his famed raid

Dred Scott vs Stanford 1857 Sued for his freedom argued since his master took him to live in free territories, he should Supreme Court ruled he was not entitled to file suit because he was not a U.S Citizen (viewed as property) ruled congress had no power to exclude slavery Missouri Compromise and other legislation limiting slavery were unconstitutional Majority of the Court Justices were proslavery

Lincoln-Douglas Debates 1858 Debates between Lincoln and Stephen Douglas over the issue of slavery Douglas sponsor of the Kansas-Nebraska Act Lincoln was viewed as a national figure and solidified his Republican Party’s antislavery platform

John Brown Raid 1859 John Brown was a radical abolitionist believed God selected him Raid on Harpers Ferry hoped to arm and free slaves location had an armory and arsenal captured and killed for treason and murder viewed as a martyr

Abraham Lincoln Election 1850 Won in a landslide not included on many Southern ballots Anti-slavery outlook struck fear into many Southerner South Carolina seceded from the Union in 1860 six more states followed in 1861 With secession, several federal forts became outpost in foreign a land; Fort Sumter

Fort Sumter Located in South Carolina, proslavery Lincoln sent a supply convoy Confederate warships turned convoy around to Fort Sumter 34-hour bombardment south victorious First battle of the Civil War Lincoln calls for volunteers to join Northern army Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee dissolved their ties to the federal government for not contributing troops