Causes of the Civil War- Notes 1-3

People who wanted the immediate end to slavery

• Abolitionists

• Reformists

• Conservatives

• Liberals

these people crossed the border from Missouri to Kansas to vote illegally for slavery

• Border Ruffians

• Free Soilers

• Jayhawkers

• Unionists

Violent Conflicts between anti-slavery settlers and pro-slavery settlers

• Bleeding Kansas

• Civil War

• Dred Scott Decision

• Missouri Compromise

the people living in a territory decide whether or not to allow slavery

• popular sovereignty

• federalism

• judicial review

• separation of powers

What happened to Kansas after the "election"?

• It was controlled by two separate governments - Pro-slavers claimed they won and Anti-slavers claimed they won.

• It became a peaceful state with no conflicts.

• It was annexed by a neighboring state.

• It held a second election to resolve the issue.

a popular book that described the evils of slavery

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

• The Grapes of Wrath

• To Kill a Mockingbird

This law repealed the Missouri Compromise, 1820

allowed popular sovereignty to decide if slavery were allowed in the Louisiana Territories ( Kansas & Nebraska)

• Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise, 1820

• Fugitive Slave Act, 1850

How did Uncle Tom's Cabin affect the South?

• The South felt it was propaganda, exaggeration, of the life in the South

• It was celebrated as a true depiction of Southern life

• It was embraced and widely read in Southern schools

• It led to increased support for abolitionist movements in the South

this law forced Northerners to return runaway slaves or face a fine and prison

• The Fugitive Slave Act

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Mark Twain

• Louisa May Alcott

• Emily Dickinson