Causes of The Civil War

Wilmot Provisco

Aug 6, 1846

Representative David Wilmot of Pennsylvania proposed the bill callded Wilmot Provisco to outlaw slavery in any territory the USA might acquire from the war with Mexico.
Caption:The Wilmot Provisco bill.

Fugitive Slave act

Aug 18, 1850

Helped slave owners recapture slaves better because they wouldn't need a arrest warrant.
Caption:This is the document of the fugitive slave act.

Compromise of 1850

Sep 1, 1850

When California was qualified to become a state, the North and South were split. The Congress decided to let California be a free state and would not pass laws regarding slavery for the rest of the territories won from Mexico in the war. Not many people liked the decision and tensions rose.
Caption:Californio

Uncle Tom's cabin

Mar 20, 1852

A novel that explains the cruelty and immorality of slavery it was writen by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Caption:Image of the Novel

Kansa Nebraska Act

Mar 3, 1854

Senitore Douglous drafted a bill to organize the Nebraska territory the bill was called the Kansas Nebraska act. The south liked the bill.
Caption: Picture of the Kansas Nebraska Act

Bleeding Kansas Act

Mar 3, 1855

There were more proslavery people then antislavery people so they were all killing each other for this land. Also the legislator was filled with proslavery representatives.
Caption:Picture of Bleeding Kansas

caning of Charles Sumner

Mar 3, 1856

Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts spoke against the proslavery forces in Kansas. Preston Brooks attacked Sumner with a cane and almost killed him. Brooks was cheered for in the souther while the North was shocked a the violence.
Caption:Brooks beating Sumner with a cane.

Dred Scott Case

Mar 5, 1856

Dred Scott was a slave and his was living in the North thought that he should be free he sued for it.

Attack on Harpers Ferry

Mar 5, 1859

John Brown wanted to rally up the slaves and kill the slave owners in the end he was hung and it didn't work.
Caption:Harpers Ferry.

Election of 1860

Apr 5, 1860

The democratic concenvention was held in north carolina. the votes showed that north and south had different opions.
Caption:picture that shows wat part of the contry voted for who.

Secession

Dec 20, 1860

The north considered the secession of the south states to be unconstitutional. Southerners complaned that The north intended to use their majority to force the south to abolish slavery.
Caption:Map of states that seceded.