Causes Of The Civil War
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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The Northwest Ordinance of 1787
This was a law that provided a government for the Northwest Territory. However, this ordinance also banned slavery in the new territory. It was to set the stage for the balance between free and slave states and the coming civil war.
The Missouri Compromise
This statute was a federal order concerning slavery in the western territory. It was legal to have slaves in Missouri and most southern states, as well as some areas of the Louisiana territory. Northern abolitionists viewed this as a very aggressive move by southern plantation owners and took offense to it.
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Texas Annexation
The Texas annexation was a quick grab of unused land. In this new territory, slavery was made legal. This would obviously be an affront to the north, but it also sparked the Mexican nations fury.
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Mexican American War
This war was greatly dissaproved by the anti-slavery party, the Whigs. It was a war to expand the territory of the country. The fact that it went on only increased the agitation of the Whigs.
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Wilmot proviso
A law that would ban slavery in all territories claimed from Mexico. The southerners didn't take kindly to this and was the driving force of anger in the plantations.
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The Free Soil Party
It was a short politcal party that didn't last long. They opposed slavery with great opposition.
Fugitive Slave Law
A law that was passed to entitle slave owners to capture escaped slaves in the north. This greatly spited the north.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This act made it so that Kansas split into two states and people in those states could vote on whether not they wanted slavery. This very possibly could've ticked off both the North and the South, as it repeals the Missouri Compromise.
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Compromise of 1850
This law abolished all slave trade in the Capitol. The southerners would've likely looked upon with worry for the future.
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Republican Party Foundation
The Republicans were a politcal party started in Michigan and wanted nothing to do with slavery. They were for the Northern economy and the South didn't like having an opposing, strong voice.
Bleeding Kansas
After the Kansas-Nebraska Act, there was a violent conflict happenning on the border of the two states. The pro- and anti-slave people fought a violent battle. This is said to have sparked the anger and excitment of all citizens.
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Dred Scott decision
A black man named Dred Scott testified against a slave captor that he was a free man. He lost the trial, with the judge saying all blacks are worse than citizens and are slaves. The slave abolitionists were horrified and many protested against it, further dividing the already large gap.
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Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln, a Republican man, was voted president in 1860. Knowing that he hated slavery, the Southern leaders assumed he would abolish it. So they...(Next Slide)
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South Carolina secedes from Union.
Before Lincoln took office, South Carolina seceded from the Union. Several other Southern states followed. This event officially started the Confederacy. And soon started the Civil War, the war that killed more americans than WWl and WWll combined. (proportianally)
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