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Tariff
The Southern states were being treated as an agricultural colony of the North and bled dry. -
Dred Scott decision
The Dred Scott decision overturned the Missouri compromise which restricted slavery in US territories -
Abolitionist movement
The movement to abolish slavery were becoming more influential. There wss support to abolish slavery worlwide. -
Slavery
The debate over slavery led to succession and the northern & western states fought to preserve the Union. -
Underground Railroad
Some abolitionists helped slaves run away by using the underground railroad.Northerners wanted to choose which parts of the Constitution they would enforce, while expecting the South to honor the entire document. -
Lincoln Douglas Debate
Abraham Lincoln & Stephen Douglas engaged in a series of debates. -
Uncle toms Cabin
The book , Uncle Toms Cabin, offered a vision of slavery that few in the nation had seen before. It started a wave of anti-slavery sentiment across the nation -
Raid on Harpers Ferry
Brown and a band of followers seized the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. They thought is was an attempt to arm a slave insurrection. They were hanged and Southerners came to believe this was proof the North intended to wage a war of extermination against white Southerners -
Lincoln elected
Abraham Lincoln is elected president creating tension between the North & South. -
Fort Sumter
The fort’s commander, Major Robert Anderson, refused to surrender.The Confederates opened fire with cannons. War begun
