1. Civil War Causes
Part 2

2. Election of 1852 Franklin Pierce (Democrat) Winfield Scott (Whig)
Promised to honor the Compromise of 1850 Supported the fugitive slave act
Winfield Scott (Whig)
Did not fully support the Compromise of 1850
Southerners did not trust him

3. Stephen Douglas and the Railroad
Supported a continental railroad
Originate from Chicago
Southerners did not agree
Wanted it to originate from New Orleans
Desired a southern route through Texas and New Mexico

4. Kansas-Nebraska Act
In order for Douglas to get southern support the Louisiana Purchase had to be organized into territories.
Kansas
Nebraska
Allow the people in each territory to decide on slavery (popular sovereignty)
Would eliminate the Missouri Compromise restriction of slavery above line

5. Union after the Kansas-Nebraska Act

6. Trouble in Kansas
Anti-slavery and Pro-slavery groups both rushed to Kansas to vote
5000 proslavery individuals crossed over the border from Missouri to vote then crossed back
Kansas became pro-slavery
In protest anti-slavery groups set their own legislature in Topeka

7. Attack on Lawrence John Brown’s Response
Pro-slavery grand jury charges anti-slavery leaders with treason
800 men went to Lawrence to arrest the men
Anti-slavery leaders flee
800 men destroy Lawrence killing one man
John Brown’s Response
Killed 5 pro-slavery men
Pottawatomie Massacre

8. Preston Brooks beats Charles Sumner with a walking stick
Preston Brooks beats Charles Sumner with a walking stick. For this Brooks received a $ fine and dozens of walking sticks from supporters. It took Sumner 3 years to recover and return to the Senate.