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Causes Of The Civil War

Published on Feb 02, 2016

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COMPROMISE OF 1850

  • January 26, 1850
  • Henry clay tried to end slavery crisis between the to sides.
  • It gave one union state and two slave.

FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT

  • 1850
  • The government employed slave catchers.
  • Required northerners to catch slaves.

UNCLE TOM'S CABIN

  • 1852
  • A book about an escaped slave.
  • People disagreed with each other.

KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT

  • 1854
  • Created two new territories and abolished missouri compromise.
  • Both sides wanted the territories.

BLEEDING KANSAS

  • 1856
  • Series of attacks between both sides.
  • Made both sodes angry.

DRED SCOTT DECISION

  • March 6, 1857
  • It meant african americans could not be citizens
  • Angered the north

HARPER'S FERRY

  • 1850
  • John brown raided harper's ferry.
  • Provoked the south.

ELECTION OF 1860

  • March 4, 1860
  • Presidential election that lincoln won.
  • South didn't like him.