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Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise regulated slavery in the Western territories. It did this by prohibiting slavery north of a specific line the exception being Missouri. This was a cause of the civil war due to the fact that it was easier for settlements to allow slavery and this was not acceptable for anti-slavery supporters. -
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Causes of the Civil War
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Nat Turners Rebellion
This was a slave rebellion led by Nat Turner. This resulted in the death of 55-65 people. The rebellion caused many plantation owners to become scared therefore starting militias and other protective measures to keep slaves in line. -
Nullification Crisis
This was a confrontation between South Carolina and the federal government. South Carolina declared that the tariffs from 1828 were unconstitutional. This was a big deal because South Carolina was very openly defying the federal government and even made military preparations to further defy. -
Texas War of Independence
This was a war between the American colonists who lived in the Mexican Province of Texas and the Mexican Centralist Government. The end of this war resulted in Texas becoming its own nation and then in 1845 becoming the 28th state in the USA. -
Mexican American War
This was a war between The United States and Mexico. It resulted in Mexico losing about half of it National territory in the North. This war led to many slavery debates and issues due to the extra land they had to decide if slavery would be legal or not. -
Wilmot Proviso
This was a law to propose that all new land acquired from the Mexican war would ban slavery. As can be expected this didn’t go over well with a lot of pro- slavery people and therefore was a major cause in the civil war. -
Compromise of 1850
This was a group of 5 separate bills that helped to diffuse a 4 year conflict between slave and Free states. This compromise helped to postpone the civil war but not for long. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
The goal with the Kansas- Nebraska act was to create more farms and a better railroad. However, what ended up happening was a fight over anti-pro slavery as well as a voting dispute resulting in bleeding Kansas. -
Bleeding Kansas
This is a period of violence from 1854-1861 while the Kansas territory was being settled. The citizens, using popular sovereignty, voted on whether they wanted it to be a slave state or a free state. This was unfair due to voting laws at the time and people would "cheat" the system. -
Creation of the Republican Party
The Republican party came about to combat the Kansas Nebraska Act. The party had almost no support in the south but was able to gain a good amount of Whig and Free Soil Democrat’s support. This party was created to combat the spread of slavery and a new economy both of which are major players in the causes of the Civil War. -
The Beating of Charles Sumner
Charles Sumner was an anti-slavery advocate he made a speech on May 19th and 20th in support of his views. Preston Brooks 2 days later beat him, almost to death, with a cane. This was a big separation event as Sumner became a hero in the north while Brooks became one in the south. -
Dred Scott Case
This was a case deciding whether free or not if African Americans could be American citizens and therefore have right. This catapulted a long argument between the North and South that eventually caused a war. -
John Browns Raid
This was a revolt led by white abolitionist John Brown. He attempted to have an armed slave revolt by taking over a US arsenal at Harpers Ferry. They were defeated by a group of US marines but this planted the seed for an uprising against slavery. -
Election of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th President of the United States in 1860. The biggest deal with this was that he was a very big republican and therefore Anti-Slavery. The south was very unhappy with this outcome and soon after they start succeeding.
