Causes of the Civil War

This law created the Mason Dixon line.

• Missouri Compromise
• Fugitive Slave Act
• Kansas Nebraska Act
• Dred Scott Case

This law said Americans could ^_NOT help runaway slaves.

• Missouri Compromise
• Fugitive Slave Act
• Kansas Nebraska Act
• Dred Scott Case

This law meant the South would get less land and less votes in Congress.

• Missouri Compromise
• Fugitive Slave Act
• Kansas Nebraska Act
• Dred Scott Case

Uncle Tom's Cabin was written shortly after this law was passed.

• Missouri Compromise
• Fugitive Slave Act
• Kansas Nebraska Act
• Dred Scott Case

This law said Americans could vote if their state should be free or have slaves.

• Missouri Compromise
• Fugitive Slave Act
• Kansas Nebraska Act
• Dred Scott Case

This law allowed slavery to expand in the West through popular sovereignty.

• Missouri Compromise
• Fugitive Slave Act
• Kansas Nebraska Act
• Dred Scott Case

One Congressional leader beat up another Congressional leader until his cane broke.  Violence spread among the most "civilized" Americans (AKA: Congress).

• Missouri Compromise
• Fugitive Slave Act
• Sumner and Brooks
• Dred Scott Case

The Republican political party was formed after this incident.

• Missouri Compromise
• Fugitive Slave Act
• Sumner and Brooks
• Dred Scott Case

This said all blacks were NOT US citizens

• Missouri Compromise
• Fugitive Slave Act
• Kansas Nebraska Act
• Dred Scott Case

This law sparked three years of violence in the Midwest.

• Missouri Compromise
• Fugitive Slave Act
• Kansas Nebraska Act
• Dred Scott Case