causes of the civil war

By JulianaG69603

  • border states

    border states are states that are at the border line. the border line is a imagination line that goes through the states. some states have the line strait through there state. But its what keeps slave states and free states balanced.

  • what caused the civil war to start

    the civil war started because of the federal government and slavery. the people how wanted or didn't want slavery thought that they should decided weather slavery could continue or not.

  • power of the federal government

    power from the federal government was because of slavery. people thought that if the hade the government on there side they could decide if the wanted slavery our not

  • undergrown rail road

    The under grown rail road was a system of houses working to free slaves.

  • abolitionist

    Abolitionist are people who are aginst slavery. Abolitionist got mad because they thought all slaves should be free. That's why if they hade the fedarel government on there side they could get rid of slavery. But then people who liked slavery got mad so fighting broke out. Because they wanted the fedarle government on there side so slavery will continue.

  • slavery

    slavery was one of the most important things in the civil war. In 1820 California could not decide if they wanted to be a free state or a slave state. So they hade a vote California was the only state that could vote cause they were in between the border line. And because the states were un even because of the slave and free states. But at the end they decided to be a free state.

  • bleeding kansas

    Bleeding Kansas was events the hade anti-slavery and pro slavery in it. They came up with the name from all the blood that was left from fighting. All the grounds and rivers around them were filled with blood.

  • president Abraham lincoln

    in 1860 abraham lincoln was running for president. Most of the slave states did not what lincoln to win. This was because he was an abolitionist. They thought if he was president he would take away slavery. But lincoln said that he would not take slavery away if he was president. This is what caused abraham lincoln to win the election for president.