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1 Long Term Causes of the Civil War

2 State’s Rights -Federalism -system of multiple governments in order to give more localized decision making power -10th Amendment -all powers not given to the federal government are reserved for the states and people.

3 Slavery -pro-slavery -anti-slavery -opposed growth of slavery Might bring slave labor into direct competition with free labor-or people that worked for wages - Threatened to reduce the status of white workers, who could not compete with slaves

4 Nullification PROBLEMS: -Sedition Acts -Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions -Tariff laws 1828 Tariff Crisis in SC -Slavery issues -southern threats to nullify any anti-slavery laws

5 Sectionalism -issues become more and more regional in nature -slavery, tariffs, economics -industrial north Farm equipment, guns, 20,000 miles of R.R., Telegraph wires for communication, more people -agricultural south Using mostly rivers for transportation, few immigrants, states with more blacks than whites

6 Compromise of 1820 -drew a line to determine the future areas of slavery -solved the slavery debate for about 20 years

7 Compromise of 1850 -Wilmot Proviso tried to block slavery in old Mexican areas but is defeated in Congress -California applies for statehood (Enter as a free state= Outraged the S since most of the state lay south of the MI Compromise line) debate begins and Clay organizes compromise…. COMPROMISE OF 1850: -California admitted as free state -South gets stronger Fugitive law -Popular Sovereignty to help decide future cases of slavery

8 Underground Railroad -many early attempts at escape relied on luck -network of anti-slavery advocates who helped slaves escape -many times slaves needed to get to Canada to be totally free -Harriet Tubman Most famous conductor, leading 300 to freedom--- pg 313

9 Fugitive Slave Law -allowed slave catchers to go into free areas and capture runaway slaves -made it a crime to help any runaway, $1000 fine or imprisonment - $10 for every returned slave -suspected slaves need not be given a trial or a chance to testify

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