Chapter 15-1. Chapter 15-2 Chapter 15 Accounting Principles, Ninth Edition Long-Term Liabilities.
Chapter 15
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Chapter 15
Causes of the Civil War!
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Fugitive Slave Act 1850
Part of the Compromise of 1850
Required Northerners to step up efforts to capture Northerners were
outraged Presences of slave
catchers in the North People were forced to
make a moral decision
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin 1852
Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Made into a play Extremely popular
in the North Southerners felt it
falsely criticized the South and Slavery
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Republican Party Forms 1854
Created after the Kansas-Nebraska ActWhigs Party split between North and South
Opposed Slavery1st nomination was John C. Fremont
American Hero with little political history making him very uncontroversial
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Bleeding Kansas 1855
Proslavery and Antislavery people flooded the region. 5,000 proslavery Missourians voted in Kansas
Elections Created a Proslavery Legislature Boycotts and Protests
Antislavery group sets up a legislature in Lawrence Bushwhackers raid and burn Lawrence to the ground
John Brown Pottawatomie Massacre
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Dred Scott v. Sandford 1856
Dred Scott was a slave in Missouri
Owner took him to Kansas territory and back to Missouri
Owner died and Scott sued for his freedom
Case went to the Supreme Court Ruled against Scott Labeled slaves as property Northerners were outraged
and looked to the Republican Party to halt the growing power of the Slaveholders
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Attack on Harpers Ferry 1859
John Brown leads a raid on the U.S. weapons arsenal. Plan to seize the
weapons, arm slaves and lead a revolt against white slave owners
No slaves join the revolt
Brown is captured, tried, and sentenced to death
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Lincoln Douglas Debates
Blue print of the modern debate Debates across Illinois about the slave
issue. The two sides:
Stephen A. Douglas- Short stocky man from Illinois.
1. Thought it was the responsibility of the government to prevent the expansion of slavery
2. He believed in Popular Sovereignty
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Lincoln Douglas Debates
Abraham Lincoln- Tall gawky man from Illinois
1. Believed that slavery was a moral decision2. Wanted to stop the expansion of slavery
Slavery would be protected where it already exists.