Causes of the Civil War

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    Causes of the Civil War

  • Missouri Compromise

    The Missouri Compromise is about Missouri finally coming out and saying, that they are a state of slavery. The South states started to be known as the slave states.

  • Compromise of 1850

    A time when people voted for five ideas that the public had. Whether they should be passed or not.

  • Fugitive Slave Act

    The Fugitive Slave Act was about catching all slaves that ran away fro their plantations or escaped their master/owners.

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    When people voted for whether they wanted slavery in their state or not.

  • Formation of the Republican Party

    Slacery was banned from most places. This caused there to be even more division between the Democrats and the Republicans.

  • Dred Scott Decision

    Dred Scott sued the U.S. for freedom and lost. He did this because he didn't like how he had to act and he restrictions just because he was black.

  • Lincoln/ Douglass Depates

    Lincoln and Douglass compete against each other/campaign against each other.

  • John Brown's Raid

    John Brown raided Harper's Ferry.