Prelude to Civil War

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    Prelude to Civil War

  • Compromise of 1850

    The Compromise of 1850 was an agreement between North and South on the issue of slavery. North and South became more divided as a result of their disagreement on the Fugitive Slave Act. It was significant to the Civil War because it led to separate views of slavery and growing conflicts on the balance of free and slave states.

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    The Kansas-Nebraska Act was a law that served as a compromise to the repeal of the Missouri Compromise issued by senators to resolve the conflict between the slave state Kansas taking away the statehood of the free state Nebraska. It was the result of white immigrants settling into the free soil state dragging the idea of slavery and establishing it as a slave state in Nebraska. This was significant to the civil war because it led to disputed territories and intimation.

  • Pottawatomie Massacre

    The Pottawatomie Massacre was a violence intimated by the anti-slavery group to remove any pro-slavery settlers out of Kansas. This conflict was left unresolved by the Kansas-Nebraska Act when both sides entered the state. It was significant to the Civil War because it overturned the act and grew even worse.

  • Dred Scott Decision

    The Dred Scott Decision was a case brought by the Dred Scott on the Supreme Court arguing that free Black people have citizenship rights to be free from slavery. This case was overruled by the Federal government stating that free Black people cannot be free citizens because they're slaves. This was significant to the Civil War because Northerners would get arrested for helping slaves to freedom and free Black people would return to their slave owners even if they're not slaves.

  • 1860 Election

    The 1860 election proved to be disastrous for the union because all but the majority of voters supported Lincoln in the North while Davis in the South. It was significant to the Civil War because it led South to believed Lincoln would crush its opponents and the North feared Davis would continue to expand slavery in the west. Southern states would secede and declare war on each other.