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Causes Of The American Civil War
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Compromise of 1850
The Missouri compromise line was used to determine free states from slave states. But after the war with mexico this line caused confusion on which states would and would not be free of slaves. Due to the case of Dred scott vs. Sanford the Missouri compromise is declared unconstitutional. -
Daniel Webster
Webster was a out spoken congressmen who was against the war with Mexico and the annexation of Texas. Webster endorsed Henry Clay's Compromise of 1850. He was against the expansion of slavery into new territiores. This helped cause the civil war because it angered his pro-slavery critics. -
Personal Liberty Laws
Personal Liberty Laws were passed to counter-act the Fugitive Slave Act. This law passed by northern states in an attempt to ensure the freedo]m and saftey of everyone incuding escaped slaves. The Personal Liberty Laws angered southern slave owners and caused a bigger divide betweent the south and north leading to the civil war. -
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote uncle Toms cabin, a controversial novel about anti-slavery. Harriet was never a slave, in fact she only visited the south for ten days. She really did not know anything about slavery. -
Republican Party forms
People who supported the Kansas-Nebraska act (the idea of popular soverignty.) They became strong because of their unity. Though they did not win the election in 1856 against James Buchanan -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska act made the issue of slavery solved by popular soverignty in these territories. People then moved to these territiores to cast there vote which made it impossible for there to be an accurate result. This led to the civil war because the issue of slavery was being spread into territories where most of the population didn't agree with it. -
Violence in the Senate
Senator Preston Brooks beats senator Charles Sumner with a cane. Summer denounced the Kansas-Nebraska which angered Brooks which consequently caused him to beat Sumner with a cane. -
Pottawatomie Creek Massacre
This violent attack led by John Brown ended in the death of five men. He dragged five pro-slavery men out of their cabins and killed them with the help of his sons. This insane attack sparked national controversy on the issue of slavery and what the government was really doing about it, leading to the civil war. -
Harriet Tubman
Tubman was the most famous conductor of the underground railroad. In 1856 she was wanted for $40,000. Tubman helped over 300 saves escape slaverym. Her actions caused anger between slave owners and northoners which was a caused of the civil war. -
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Dred Scott vs. Sanford was a court case caused by a free slave who sued his owner for his freedom. Because of Chief Jusice, Roger B Taney, Dred Scott was ruled he was not and will never be a citizen. This caused issues, such as, Being in a free territory did not make a slave free. This declared the Missouri compromise as unconstitutional. The extension of slavery was granted.
