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Missouri Compromise
Miane becmes a free state and Missouri bacame a slave state. split the louisana Purchase along 36 30 with the north being free and the south being slave. this causes a division in the country, which helped lead to the civil war. -
1850 compromise
south wanted the government to stop the north from helping slaves escape. the north didnt stop which helped lead into the war -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Very powerful book that drew strong reactions from both the North and South. the book was banned from south and the north loved the book. this book lead to the war becuase it angered the south. -
kansas-Nabraska Act
slavery divides the nation even more.nebraska applied for a free state.southerners didnt want to add another fee state to the union wich angered the south. -
the Ottawa Debate
lincoln won becuase he was carried out on shoulders of the crowd winning this debate angered the south -
freeport debate
douglas discusses about lincoln even a abolitionist, and lincoln said that he would keep the slaves out of the territories. south didnt want lincoln to win. -
the election of 1860
four candidates stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, John Breckenridge, John Bell. lincoln came to be the winner. angered the south and south started to leave the north. the south didnt want lincoln to be president. -
south carolina
south carolina was the first state to secede, then 6 other state join in after a year. this lead to the war becuase it created the conferacy. -
confederacy formed
made before lincoln was elected. met iin montgonmery and in six day set up to strat a government. this lead to the wa becuase the confederacy hated lincoln -
battle of fort sumter
tension over the fort sumter increase south carolina wanted the federal government to give up the fort. the federal government failed to reinforce the fort. the fort ran out of supplies and was forced to give it up, but lincoln waited til they attacked. this lead to the war becuase the confederates attacked.
