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NOTES: Causes of the Civil War
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1) Missouri Compromise 1820
a) LA purchase land north of 36’30 = free
b) South of line = slave
c) All new land will be free
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2) Wilmot Proviso 1846-1861
a) Bill that would have made slavery illegal in territory won during the Mexican War
b) BUT, never approved… still don’t know what to do with territories
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3) Compromise of 1850
a) California = freeb) Territories of NM & UT would decide for themselves (vote)
whether slavery would be legal (popular sovereignty) c) Fugitive Slave Act = ordered all citizens to assist in the
return of run away slaves.
WE GET TO CHOOSE!!!
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4) Uncle Tom’s Cabin - 1852
a) Harriet Beecher Stowe
b) Book that showed the evils of slavery, and showed slaves as real people
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5) Kansas – Nebraska Act 1854
a) Overturns Missouri Compromise (gave north too much power)
b) KS & NE use popular sovereignty
WE GET TO CHOOSE!!!
WE GET TO CHOOSE TOO!!!
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Murder!!! Help – neighbors, help, O my poor wife and children
1. What term is used when the “slave question” was to be decided by the people’s
vote?
2. What is a freesoiler?
3. A platform is a document describing the ideals of a political party. Judging by the
cartoon, what was an important element of the democratic platform?
4. Who do you think this cartoonist sympathizes with and why?
HINT: Who are they for and who are they making fun of?
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6) Bleeding Kansas -1856a) Border
ruffians cross into territory to influence elections
b) John Brown retaliated by executing slave owners Preston Brooks (southern democrat) attacking Charles Sumner (northern
republican) in the US Senate -- Sumner had given a fiery speech to the U.S. Senate which included insulting remarks concerning a member of Brooks' family; in retaliation, Brooks hit Sumner with his cane, which put him in a hospital for nearly five months
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“Bleeding Kansas”“Bleeding Kansas”
Border “Ruffians”
(pro-slavery
Missourians)
Border “Ruffians”
(pro-slavery
Missourians)
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7) Dred Scott Decision - 1857
a) Scott vs. Sandford
b) Slave sued for his freedom Supreme Court rules slaves are NOT citizens, slaves are property!!!
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8) John Brown’s Raid 1859a) Attacked a
federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, VA
b) Plan to give weapons to slaves
c) Brown captured & sentenced to be hanged
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John Brown: Madman or Martyr?
John Brown: Madman or Martyr?
MADMAN MARTYR
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9) Election of 1860
a) Lincoln offered moderate views on slavery (just did not want it to spread)
b) Captured the presidency w/o a single electoral vote in the south – a sectional victory
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1860
Election
Results
1860
Election
Results
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1860 Election: A Nation Coming Apart?!
1860 Election: A Nation Coming Apart?!
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10) Confederate States of
America - 1861
a) Outraged by electionb) Secessionists – wanted the south to
secede, argued that since the states had voluntarily joined the US, they could choose to leave it
c) South Carolina was the first
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Jefferson Davis was
their president
Jefferson Davis
“Stars & Bars” –
Confederate Flag
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Why do you think the border states would not secede?
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11) Ft. Sumter - 1861
a) Federal fort (owned by Union) in Charleston, SC (Confederate territory)
b) Confederates ordered fort to surrender … Union refused battle
c) By firing on federal (union) property, the Confederates had committed an act of open rebellion Lincoln had to respond
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