cause of civil war

  • missouri comprimise

    missouri comprimise
    this was done to regulate and prevent slavery in the whole teritory only allowing it past parallel 36°30′ north
  • Abolitionist movement

    Abolitionist movement
    this movement was for the emasipation of all slaves. this caused a hudge uproar beetween the north and south
  • dred scot decision

    dred scot decision
    he was in a free state but was not getting his freedom he was untitled to and took his case all the way to the supreme court.
  • fugitive slave act

    fugitive slave act
    was a law made by congress that all escaped slaves where to be returned to there master
  • comprimise of 1850

    comprimise of 1850
    it was five seperate bills that idetified slave states and free states and also in new teritory gained in the mexican american war.
  • Uncle toms cabin

    Uncle toms cabin
    This was a book published about slave life and how it so horrible and the reality of it.
  • john brown and bleeding kansas

    john brown and bleeding kansas
    john brown was a slave abolisanist that belived in a violet over through of slavery
  • The election of 1860

    The election of 1860
    In 1860 abe licon was elected president he wanted to get rid of slavery and made that very clear when he was elected. This caused alot of problems in the south
  • southern secession

    southern secession
    in 1861 the south got fed up with the north trying to get rid of slavery so state by state, states left and the confederacy was born.