1. From Compromise to Conflict
What events led to the division of the United States and the Civil War?

2. Sectionalism
Description: The North, South and West had differing views on:
Tariff
Labor
States’ rights
How did it lead to war?
The section controlling the gov’t (North, due to population) set policies (tariff) that angers the other (the South)

3. Cotton Gin 1793
Description: Eli Whitney’s invention quickly cleans cotton
How did it lead to war?
- Increased demand for slaves
- South will fight any threat to
slave system

4. Missouri Compromise 1820
Description: To keep senate balanced- Missouri admitted as a slave state, Maine as free
- No slavery above line
How did this lead to war?
- South is angry because they are left
with little territory

5. Underground Railroad 1830-1865
Description: Network of
slave routes to the North and Canada
- Led by “conductors”, such as Harriet Tubman
How this led to war:
- Southerners felt the North was stealing their property
- Felt the government was not looking out for the South

6. John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry- 1859
Description: Abolitionist led 18 men to federal arsenal in VA
- Wanted to arm slaves for a massive uprising
How this led to war:
- to Northerners he’s a hero
- to Southerners he’s a criminal

7. Group Projects(:
Each sign (make it horizontal-use ink or markers) must contain (to show on the Elmo):
1) Information describing the event and how it helped lead to the civil war
2) pictures detailing the event with brief descriptions/captions
Each member of the group is responsible for one portion of the final poster (1-2 writers and 1-2 illustrators/caption writers) Sign your names! <

8. Causes of the
Civil War _______ pages in text
1.Nat Turner ; 421
2.Comp. of ; 446
3.Fugitive Slave Law ; 446
4.Uncle Tom’s Cabin 443; 444
5.Kansas-Neb. Act ;450-51
6.Dred Scott
7.Election of
8. Wilmot Proviso &
Free soil party
9. Lincoln-Douglas
debates

9. Nat Turner 1831 Description: -Turner was treated well by his master
- Learned to read
- Had vision & led revolt that killed over 50 whites

10. Rebellion How this led to war:
Showed northerners that slaves were not happy
Harsh laws and slave codes passed
Pushed abolitionists to fight harder

11. Compromise of 1850 Description: 1) California=free state
2) Popular Sovereignty (people vote) to decide
new areas of Utah-NM
3) Slave Trade in D.C. abolished
4) Fugitive Slave Law is strengthened

12. How this led to war:
- Northerners outraged by Fugitive Slave Law
- Southerners angry that CA upset balance in Senate
- This solves nothing; everyone is unhappy

13. Fugitive Slave Law 1850 Description: Part of Compromise of 1850
- Required all northern citizens to help return slaves
- Anyone found helping runaways could be fined/ jailed

14. How this led to war:
- Northerners angry at being forced to support slavery
- Southerners come North looking for their property
- North ignores the law, which angers the South

15. Uncle Tom’s Cabin 1852
Description: Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, a white, northern woman
- Showed slavery as brutal and cruel-the North saw the horrors of slavery
- Simon Legree is an evil slave owner

16. How this led to war:
- Southerners said it was a lie and their slaves were treated better than factory workers
- Changed opinion of many in the North
- “the little lady who…made this big war”

17. Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854
Description: Organized territory to encourage settlement- Popular Sovereignty (people vote) to decide slave or free
Citizens of North and South move into Kansas so they can vote

18. How this led to war:
- Thousands of proslavery and antislavery settlers flock to the area
- When it came time to vote slave or free, people armed themselves to “persuade” others to vote their way
- “Bleeding Kansas” further divides the country
-Order is restored, but many die

19. Dred Scott Case 1857
Description: Dred was a slave owned by an Army doctor who traveled often to the north.
- Dred said he was free because he had lived on free soil
The Supreme Court ruled:
Scott, a slave, is NOT a citizen and cannot sue
Scott was property and property cannot be taken away, anywhere…
Congress could not prohibit slavery anywhere

20. How this led to war:
- This basically said slavery could
now take place in the North
- Northerners were furious

21. Description: Many southern states threaten to secede if Lincoln is elected
- 4 candidates run
a. Douglas (Dem.)- Popular Sovereignty
b. Breckenridge (Dem.)- Slavery could exist anywhere
c. Bell (Dem.)- Slavery in South and West
d. Lincoln (Rep.)- Slavery must not spread

22. How this led to war?
- Lincoln wins with NO southern states voting for him (electoral college ruled by the north)
- South feels powerless in the United States (North dominates congress and executive branch)
- South Carolina secedes Dec. 1860, others follow

23. Wilmot Proviso & Free Soil Party
Proviso stated: neither slavery or involuntary servitude shall exist in any part of the territory
The House passed it, but the South had too much power in the Senate, and it was defeated
This led to sectionalism
Anti-slavery northerners started the Free Soil Party which supported the Wilmot Proviso

24. Lincoln Douglas Debates
Campaign for senate
Lincoln stressed the central issue was slavery in the West
Douglas believed in popular sovereignty (states’ rights/let the territories decide)
How it led to war?
Central dividing issue