Causes of the Civil War

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  • The Missouri Compromise

    Missouri entered as a slave state and maine entered as a free state.

  • Wilmot Proviso

    David Wilmot wanted to stop the spread of slavery to the territories we won from mexico

  • Free Soil Party

    Made by Northeners who wanted to discuss slavery

  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise about states and the laws on slavery

  • Fugitive slave law

    Required the return of run away slaves

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin

    A book showing how slaves were actually treated

  • Kansas Nebraska Act

    Slavery would be decided by popular sovrenighty

  • Pottowatomi Creek Killings

    John brown and four of his sons road into road into Pottowatomi Creek Pulled men out of their beds and killed them

  • Dred Scott Decision

    He was a slave and wanted to be free since his owner died

  • Raid on Harper's Ferry

    John Brown led 5 blacks and 13 whites to attack Harper's Ferry

  • Election of 1860

    Lincoln was elected president

  • First State to Succede

    South Carolina succedes from US

  • Rest of the South Sucede

    The rest of the 11 southern states sucede from the US

  • Form of The Confederate States of America

    The southern states make The confederate states of america

  • Fort Sumter

    Attack on Fort Sumter in which Confederates under Gen. Pierre Beauregard open fire and the Civil War begins