1. Causes of the Civil War

2. Causes of the Civil War
Sectionalism
Rocky soil vs. rich soil.

3. Manufacturing vs. agriculture.
Causes of the Civil War
Sectionalism
Manufacturing vs. agriculture.

4. Pro-tariff vs. Anti-tariff.
Causes of the Civil War
Sectionalism
Pro-tariff vs. Anti-tariff.

5. Free states vs. Slave states.
Causes of the Civil War
Sectionalism
Free states vs. Slave states.

6. Free African Americans could own property and had some rights.
Causes of the Civil War
Sectionalism
Free African Americans could own property and had some rights.

7. Enslaved African Americans had no rights at all.
Causes of the Civil War
Sectionalism
Enslaved African Americans had no rights at all.

8. Causes of the Civil War
Sectionalism
For the South, slavery was not a moral issue but rather an economic issue.

9. Would have rather lived in the North or South during the 1850’s? Why?
Causes of the Civil War
Turn and Talk
Would have rather lived in the North or South during the 1850’s? Why?

10. Causes of the Civil War
Sectionalism
Popular Sovereignty was the belief that each state should decide for itself on slavery.

11. Causes of the Civil War
Sectionalism
Vice President John Calhoun believed that states had to the right to reject federal laws.

12. Causes of the Civil War Sectionalism
The Great Compromiser, Henry Clay, helped broker deals during this divisive time.

13. Causes of the Civil War Sectionalism
Northern writers such as Henry David Thoreau spoke out strongly against the evils of slavery.

14. Causes of the Civil War Missouri Compromise
In 1819, slave holding Missouri wanted to join the USA.

15. Causes of the Civil War Missouri Compromise
11states were free and 11 states were pro-slavery.

16. Causes of the Civil War Turn and Talk
Would you have allowed Missouri to join the Union? Why?

17. Causes of the Civil War Missouri Compromise
Maine added as a free state and Missouri added as a slave state.

18. South Carolina felt that tariffs hurt the south and helped the north.
Causes of the Civil War
South Carolina felt that tariffs hurt the south and helped the north.

19. Causes of the Civil War
In South Carolina said they’d “nullify” or “cancel” the tariff laws.

20. Causes of the Civil War
President Jackson believed that if a state could nullify one law, they could do that to any law.

21. Causes of the Civil War Free Soil Party
In 1848 the Free Soil party was formed to promote “Free Men”.

22. Causes of the Civil War The Compromise of 1850
California – free state.
New Mexico – free or slave.
Slavery abolished in D.C.

23. Causes of the Civil War The Compromise of 1850
New Mexico- Texas border settled.
Stronger fugitive slave law.

24. Causes of the Civil War The Fugitive Slave Law
Any slave could be returned to his master.
Any African American could be captured.

25. Causes of the Civil War Turn and Talk
Would you have signed the Missouri Compromise? Why or Why not?

26. The Kansas- Nebraska Act
Causes of the Civil War
The Kansas- Nebraska Act
Kansas and Nebraska would vote on the issue slavery/free.
People flocked into Kansas to vote in 1854.

27. Causes of the Civil War Bleeding Kansas
Kansas voted to be pro- slavery.
Riots ensued and Kansas “bled” for two years.

28. Causes of the Civil War Dred Scott Dred Scott was a slave in Missouri.
His master moved to a free state.
His master later moved back to Missouri.

29. Causes of the Civil War Dred Scott His master died.
Dred Scott sued to be free since he had lived in a free state before.

30. Causes of the Civil War Dred Scott Decision Scott was still a slave.
A slave was not a person.
Congress could not prohibit slavery.

31. Causes of the Civil War Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln and his Republican Party wanted to stop the spread of slavery.

32. Causes of the Civil War Election of 1860
John Breckinridge and his Democratic Party believed states should decide on the issue of slavery.