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

2. Triggers of the Civil War
Missouri Compromise

Nat Turner's Rebellion 

: The Wilmot Proviso 

: Compromise of 1850 

 : Uncle Toms Cabin 

Bleeding Knee

Dred Scott v. Sanford 

John Brown's Raid 

Abraham Lincoln's Election 
 The Battle of Fort Sumter

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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S.C repealed Ordinance

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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