Causes of the Civil War

In 1820, In 1820, amid growing sectional tensions over the issue of slavery, the U.S. Congress passed a law that admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state, while banning slavery from the remaining Louisiana Purchase lands located north of the 36º 30' parallel.

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

• 13th Amendment

• American Revolution

As apart of THIS, the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished. Furthermore, California entered the Union as a free state and a territorial government was created in Utah

• Missouri Compromise

• 13th Amendment

• Compromise of 1850

• Bleeding Kansas

laws passed by Congress in 1793 and 1850 (and repealed in 1864) that provided for the seizure and return of runaway slaves who escaped from one state into another or into a federal territory

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Fugitive Slave Act

• 13th Amendment

This act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty. It also produced a violent uprising known as “Bleeding Kansas,” as proslavery and antislavery activists flooded into the territories to sway the vote.

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1820

• Fugitive Slave Act

This book widened the chasm between the North and the South, greatly strengthened Northern abolitionism, and weakened British sympathy for the Southern cause. The most influential novel ever written by an American, it was one of the contributing causes of the Civil War.

• Bleeding Kansas

• Forge

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• The Declaration of Independence

What was "the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on March 6, 1857, that having lived in a free state and territory did not entitle an enslaved person, Dred Scott, to his freedom. In essence, the decision argued that, as someone's property, Scott was not a citizen and could not sue in a federal court."

• Miranda v Madison

• Brown v Board of Education

• Marbury v Madison

• Dred Scott v Sanford

a person who sought to abolish slavery during the 19th century. More specifically, these individuals sought the immediate and full emancipation of all enslaved people.

• Rebellion

• Abolitionist

• Slave owner

• Patriot

On the evening of October 16, 1859 this man, a staunch abolitionist, and a group of his supporters left their farmhouse hide-out en route to Harpers Ferry. Descending upon the town in the early hours of October 17th, he and his men captured prominent citizens and seized the federal armory and arsenal. They planned to arm a major slave rebellion.

• Intolerable Acts

• Kansas Nebraska Act

• Bleeding Kansas

• John Brown's Raid

The election of Lincoln caused a chain reaction of southern states to secede from the Union since they were afraid of his policies which set the stage for the American Civil War.

• This election 1860

• The election of 1820

• The election of 1920

• The election of 1840

This insurrection was planned, aborted, and rescheduled for August 21, 1831, when he and six others killed the Travis family, managed to secure arms and horses, and enlisted about 75 other enslaved people in a disorganized insurrection that resulted in the murder of an estimated 55 white people.

• Nat Turner's Rebellion

• Bleeding Kansas

• Boston Tea Party

• John Brown's Raid