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Civil War Causes

Published on Mar 16, 2016

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COMPROMISE OF 1850

  • 1850
  • California became free because New Mexico and Utah became slave states.
  • Northerners and Southerners were happy because they could do whatever they wanted.
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FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT

  • 1850
  • Required Northerners to help catch runaway slaves.
  • Made Northerners mad because they didn't want to have to support slavery.
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UNCLE TOMS CABIN

  • 1852
  • A novel based on the experience of slavery and escaping to freedom.
  • Made many Southerners mad because it showed cruelty about slavery.
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KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT

  • 1854
  • It created two territories (North and South)
  • Determined if Kansas and Utah should be free or slave through congress.
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BLEEDING KANSAS

  • 1854
  • Many people acting violent because of slavery.
  • It made Northerners and Southerners hate eachother more.
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