Causes of the Civil War Chart Fill out the first column of your chart with the name of the cause. Fill in the blanks in the second column of your chart. Draw a ☺ ☹ or :-/ in the North and South columns to describe how each region felt about the issue.

Missouri Compromise Animation Henry Clay -1820 When Missouri applied for statehood Maine would be admitted as a free state and Missouri would be a slave state No slavery north of 36 30 Missouri Compromise Animation

Wilmot Proviso David Wilmot proposed that slavery be banned in any territories ceded from Mexico Did not pass both Houses - 1846

Compromise of 1850 California applied for statehood in 1850 Stephen Douglas proposed that California be admitted as a free state Mexican Cession will use popular sovereignty to determine slave issue A strict Fugitive Slave Act No slave trade in Washington DC

Fugitive Slave Act All Citizens are required to help return runaway slaves Special courts were set up without jury trial Judges received more money for deciding someone was a slave than for setting someone free Some northern states passed “personal liberty laws” as a protest

Uncle Tom’s Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the novel in 1852 It showed the evils of slavery Southerners claimed it did not show the true picture as Stowe had never visited the South This book changed the way many Northerners felt about slavery

Kansas Nebraska Act 1854 People living in Kansas and Nebraska would be able to vote using popular sovereignty Stephen Douglass Violated the Missouri Compromise Led to Bleeding Kansas

Republican Party The main goal of the party was to prevent the spread of slavery In 1856, southerners worried about the anti-slavery sentiment of this party In 1856 the Democrat James Buchanan defeated the Republican James Fremont

Dred Scott v Sanford Dred Scott was a fugitive slave who sued for his freedom The case went to the Supreme Court The Court ruled that Scott could not sue in court because he was not a citizen – he was property Congress could not outlaw slavery in any territories Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional

Lincoln-Douglas Debates 1858 Illinois Senate race Democrat Douglas believed slavery should be decided through popular sovereignty Republican Abraham Lincoln gained national attention because of his speeches against slavery (Douglas won the Senate seat)

Harpers Ferry John Brown decided to attack the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry to capture weapons for a slave uprising in Virginia He was convicted of treason– he was executed Was he a good guy or bad guy?

Election of 1860 Democratic Party split – John Breckinridge and Stephen Douglas Republican – Abraham Lincoln Constitutional Union – John Bell Lincoln was not on the ballot in 10 Southern states Lincoln won only 39% of the popular vote but 59% of the electoral vote

Election of 1860

South Carolina Secedes December 20, 1860 South Carolina seceded Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and Texas seceded by February 1861 Confederate States of America elected Jefferson Davis as president in their first capital at Montgomery, Alabama Confederate states began seizing federal property – Fort Sumter, April 11, 1861

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