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Causes of the Civil Qar

By stacey jarvis

  • Dred Scott Decision

    Dred Scott Decision
    A slave who sought his freedom through the American legal system. Decision by the Supreme Court in his case denied his plea that any black man could be a citizen.

  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise
    Effort by the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to maintain a balance of power between the slaveholding states and free states