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Causes of Civil War.
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Wilmot Proviso
To prevent more slave than free states, Representative David Wilmont of Pennsylvania proposed a bill that would have said that there would be no slavery in any territory gained from War with Mexico. The North pushed for the bill but the South were against it. It never became a law. ( The pricture is David Wilmot the creater of Wilmot proviso.) -
Compromise of 1850
In March 1850, California applied to be admitted as a free state. This worried the South because now that would mean that there would be less people in the Senate as well as the House of Represntatives. The North was glad there was another free state.
(Henry Clay takes the floor of the Old Senate Chamber; Millard Fillmore presides as Calhoun and Webster look on.) -
Fugitive Slave Act
This was a 1850 law to help slave owners recapture runaway slaves. The south liked this because this law recovered there runaway slaves. The north did not like this because they would have to get the slaves back to the south. (A poster warning colored people in Boston about policemen acting as slave catchers.) -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
A novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852 that portrayed slavery as being both brutal and immoral. The novel became highly popular in the north after being published. The south weren't happy about the novel because they believed it gave a false impression about the south and slavery. (Picture of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" author Harriet Stowe.) -
Formation of Republican Party
The Republican Party was formed on this date by former Whig Party members from the north that wanted to create a party that was opposed to slavery. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Allowed residents from new territories decide if they wanted slavery to be in their state or no slavery in their state. The north was not happy about this because some of the land was gained from the Missouri Compromise and they might now become slave states when they never were. The south was glad because they got to vote on if land gained from Missouri Compromise would finally became slave states. (Map shows changes because of Kansas-Nebraska Act.) -
Dred Scott Case
The case of Dred Scott is where Dred Scott sued for his freedom. He said that he should be free because he had lived in free territories. After his owner died he argued that he was a free man so his famliy sue for their freedom. The case reached the Supreme Court in 1856. The Court ruled against Scott.
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Caning of Charles Sumner
Massachuttes senator Charles Sumner was caned at the Senate Chamber by Preston Brooks after Sumner made a speech in which he made insults of South Carolina senator Andrew Butler, a cousin of Brooks. The South claimed Brooks as a hero for the assult, while the North was shocked that one congressman would attack another. (Preston Brooks attacking Charles Sumner.) -
Bleeding Kansas
The bleeding Kansas is civil war in Kansas. This was started by if kansas should be a voted to be a slave state or a free state. There were immigrants from the north and the south. They fighted for Kansas. One of the events of bleeding Kansas was the Pottawatomie Massacre.
(John Brown who was in the bleeding Kansas war.) -
Attack on Harpers Ferry
The John Brown's Raid aka Attack on Happers Ferry was a raid to capture weapons in Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Brown and 18 followers who were 13 white and 5 blacks captured the arsenal at Harpers Ferry. John Brown was captured and hanged.
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Election of 1860
The south wanted to defend slavery while the north wanted popular sovereignty for free and slave state in the platform vote. the north won the vote which caused many southern delegates to leave the convention before the democrafts chose a candidate for the presidential election. The candiates were Lincoln, Douglas, Breckinridge and Bell and Lincoln won the election.
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Secession
The South fear of the north growing population came true and talked about seceding by several southern leaders. The states that seceded met in Montgomery, Alabama and formed the Confederate States of America and Jefferson Davis was the president. The north thought the south seceding was unconsitutional.
