1. PRE-CIVIL WAR NOTES

2. Missouri Compromise (1820) 1. Missouri Compromise (1820) a. Maine enters as a Free State b. Missouri enters as a Slave State c. No Slavery north of Missouri's southern border (36° 30')

3. Missouri Compromise (1820)

4. EVENTS LEADING TO THE CIVIL WAR Compromise of 1850 Compromise of 1850 decides whether California enters as a Free state or a Slave state it enters as a Free state which makes the North happy. To make the South happy → Utah and New Mexico people of those territories decide if they will be free or slave (called Popular Sovereignty) Compromise slide #1 of #2

5. Compromise of 1850 Slave trade is outlawed in Washington D.C. Fugitive Slave Law passed, Federal Marshalls allowed to search for escaped slaves in North and return them to the South. To oppose this, 9 northern states passed Personal Liberty Laws which forbid jailing of runaway slaves and guaranteed a trial by jury Compromise slide #2 of #2

6. Compromise of 1850

7. EVENTS LEADING TO THE CIVIL WAR Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) Novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe- portrays harsh & inhumane treatment of slaves More than one million copies sold by 1853 turns many northerners toward abolition; book infuriates the South

8. EVENTS LEADING TO THE CIVIL WAR Kansas-Nebraska Act Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) 36°30' line (Missouri Compromise) repealed Popular Sovereignty would decide slavery in Kansas & Nebraska Creates "Bleeding Kansas" –small scale war between proslavery and anti-slavery forces.

9. Kansas Nebraska Act

10. EVENTS LEADING TO THE CIVIL WAR Dred Scott Decision 1857 (Dred Scott v. Sanford) Dred Scott Decision 1857 (Dred Scott v. Sanford) Dred Scott, a slave, sues for his freedom b/c his master took him to Illinois which was a free state Supreme Court ruled 7-2 against Scott Blacks are not citizens & therefore can not sue in Federal Court 5th Amendment – property cannot be taken without due process of the law

11. Dred Scott Decision 1857 (Dred Scott v. Sanford)

12. EVENTS LEADING TO THE CIVIL WAR John Brown's Raid (1859) Radical abolitionist who attempted to raid an arsenal in Harper’s Ferry, Va. Caught & executed, hero in the North but brings panic to the South

13. John Brown's Raid (1859)

14. EVENTS LEADING TO THE CIVIL WAR Election of Lincoln & the Republican Party (1860) Election of Lincoln & the Republican Party (1860) Immediate cause of the war Republican Party was formed to stop the spread of slavery Lincoln wins in a 4-way race Starting with South Carolina, southern states start to secede from the Union

15. Election of Lincoln & the Republican Party (1860)