FUELING THE FIRE Causes of the Civil War Intro Video

SECTIONALISM Sectionalism Sectionalism: Loyalty to a specific section of the country rather than to the nation as a whole Causes of Sectionalism : Westward Expansion “Cotton King” in the South Industrial Revolution Conflicting economic and political interests between the North and the South

STATES’ RIGHTS States’ Rights States’ Rights: Right of the state to limit the power of the Federal government States’ Rights was found primarily in the South Nullification: State trying to declare a Federal law unconstitutional

NULLIFICATION CRISIS Nullification Crisis Tariff of 1828 and 1832 helped the Northern factories at the expense of the Southern farmers John C Calhoun (South Carolina) Daniel Webster (Mass.) Led the fight to get rid of the tariff, South Carolina threatened to secede Disagreed with Calhoun and states’ rights Two View Points

NULLIFICATION CRISIS Nullification Crisis John C. Calhoun and South Carolina threatened to secede if the tariff was not cancelled However, compromise was reached

SLAVERY Slavery North and the South had differing viewpoints on slavery: Northern PerspectiveSouthern Perspective Slavery was a moral issue Slavery was evil If slavery was not abolished, it could bring God’s judgment Slavery was an economic necessity Slavery was a way of life for the South and part of their society

SLAVERY Slavery The North and the South felt it was very important to keep the number of slave and free states equal as new states were being admitted in to the Union Neither side wanted the other side to have more power in Congress

MISSOURI COMPROMISE Missouri Compromise Missouri applied for statehood as a slave state BUT, if Missouri joined as a slave state, the South would have more representatives in Congress

MISSOURI COMPROMISE Missouri Compromise Henry Clay came up with a solution: Missouri Compromise, Maine would be admitted as a free state 2.Missouri would be admitted as a slave state 3.Congress drew an imaginary line at the Southern border of Missouri (36’30’’ latitude) and there could be no slavery above that line in the rest of the Louisiana Territory ONLY

COMPROMISE OF 1850 Compromise of 1850 Missouri Compromise was only for the Louisiana Territory, now another compromise had to be made for the other territories Compromise of California is admitted as a free state 2.Harsher fugitive slave law would be created 3.Mexican Cession divided into New Mexico and Utah and voters would get to vote on the issue of slavery

Pearson Video

UNCLE TOM’S CABIN Uncle Tom’s Cabin Uncle Tom’s Cabin: Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, in 1852, that dramatized the cruelties of slavery Effect of Book: Emotionally effected readers Created widespread anti-slavery support in the North

DRED SCOTT DECISION Dred Scott Decision The Story: Scott moved with his owner from a slave state to a free state. When his owner died, Scott sued for his freedom The Supreme Court Decided: 1.Slaves were not citizens so they could not bring a lawsuit to court 2.Slaves were property 3.Congress could not ban slavery from the territories 4.The Missouri Compromise, which banned slavery in certain territories, was UNCONSTITUTIONAL

KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT Kansas Nebraska Act Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854: Kansas and Nebraska would use popular sovereignty (voting) to determine slavery in their state This act pleased Southerners but made Northerners very angry

KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854 Bleeding Kansas in 1856: Settlers from the North and the South rushed to Kansas so they could vote, violence broke out in Kansas between proslavery settlers and anti-slavery settlers Cause: Kansas- Nebraska Act of 1854 Effect: Bleeding Kansas in 1856 Video

KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT Election of 1860 Sectional political parities developed between the North and the South North: Republican South: Democrat Election of 1860: Abe Lincoln, first Republican President, was elected Feeling threatened by Lincoln, Southern states began seceding from the Union