Causes

Events Leading to the Civil War

By suzannebrucker

  • Fugitive Slave Act

    Fugitive Slave Act
    This required northerners to return slaves. It became a crime to help freed slaves. It made the north mad!

  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850
    In this compromise, California became a free state, the slave trade was banned in DC, and a stronger Fugitive Slave Act was passed.

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Uncle Tom's Cabin
    Harriet Beecher Stowe's story of a kindly old slave and his harsh treatment by his master made many northerners aware of the evils of slavery. It created abolitionists.