causes of the civil war

By BaileyD67113

  • The Louisiana Purchase

    The Louisiana Purchase was won after the Mexican war. Every one wonder what they would do with the land they won. they wanted to expand slavery some people didn't agree.

  • Missouri Compromise

    The Missouri Compromise was made for there to be an equal amount of free and slavery states.Every one below the latitude 36 degrees 30 has slavery.Every one above is a free state.

  • Nat Turner's Rebellion

    This was a slave rebellion. Slaves that wanted to escape had came with him and killed 55 to 65. It had gone on for a few days. The rebellion saved a small amount of slaves.

  • The Compromise of 1850

    The Compromise of 1850 was created by Henry Clay.It was made for there to be an equal amount of free and slave states.Many people were interested of how this would work.

  • The Fugitive Slave Act

    The fugitive slave act follows after the Compromise of 1850.It is to divide equally among slave and free states.Many agreed and disagreed.

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin

    This is a book that made a big change.It was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. she wrote about slavery and many people had an opinion about it. Many people in the north agreed with her and decided they didn't want slavery any more. The south didn't like it. the north wanted to get rid of slavery , yet the south didn't. They argued a lot after that.

  • Kansas Nebraska act of 1854

    The Kansas Nebraska act had been passed by the U.S congress.it made a great split of the country.It made two territories that allows states to use popular sovereignty.they use it to see which states will have slaves or not.

  • The Election of 1860

    This election was for Abraham Lincoln. Many people from the south disagreed. He didn't take away there slavery. He just didn't want to spread it. Still people in the south didn't agree.