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The Missouri Compromise
As there needed to be equal amount of free states and slave states the Missouri compromise gave balance to power in congress and Maine would become a free state and Missouri a slave state as this increased sectionalism by the states still wanting to separate and the conflict to have or not to have slaves. -
Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny was an idea in the nineteenth century that the United States was destined to stretch from coast to coast. Because of this idea, many southerners wanted slavery to spread all across the United States, including the new territories of the US. These tensions eventually led to some of the causes of the Civil War -
The Fugitive Slave Act
Franklin Pierce wanted to keep harmony but was an impossible task as this act was to track down run away slaves the north opposed this act as they went on a type of strike towards this act and the southerners watched with anger and this was a victory to the north as they were giving their defiance to the south. This created conflict towards sectionalism because the two side were at such differences with each other they would never agree on one side. -
John Brown's Raid and Nat Tuner Slave Rebellion
John Brown wanted to create a uprising of slaves by seizing a mountain fortress as him and 18 followers went on this raid 10 were killed then surrendered and John Brown was sentenced to death and Nat Turners raid was the largest salve rebellion in the U.S the plan was to go to each plantation and kill all while people. These events made the southerners angry and gave them more a reason to want to keep slaves to have more control witch would contribute more the secession of the south -
Popular Sovereignity
Popular Sovereignity was a concept that the sovereign people in a specific territory would decide whether or not to allow slavery. it was opposed by northern abolitionist because they were afraid that it would promote the spread of slavery into the territories. Senator Douglas wanted to restore the principles of popular sovereignity for a way to address the slavery debate, during this time it was in Kansas and Nebraska territories. -
The Kansas Nebraska Act
This act was another act of seperating states to create a slave or non slave state so there would be Kansas and Nebraska and Kansas would most likely be the slave state this contributied to the secession of the South by still giving conflict to the Americas on if slaves would still e a good contribution to their world -
Bleeding Kansas
As the seperation of the Kansas Nebraska territory was a big act that came into play during this time period they needed leadership and there would be acts of violent political problems in Kansas and this gave even more problem to the secession as they were fighting on either it would be a slave or anti slave state as the South wanted slaves in each state -
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Dred Scott was an enslaved african american who had lived in Wisconsin territory and Illinios, which both states had banned slavery. Because of this, Scott sued for him and his families freedom. His argument was that since he lived in a free state and free territory, he was considered to be a free man.This end up leading up to the civil war because this was an example of showing that african americans did not have civil rights, like the white man did. -
Election of Abraham
Abraham Lincoln won the presidential election as a republican candidate against Douglas, a democratic republican in 1860.Lincoln did oppose slavery and did not want to make any new laws involving slavery, because of Lincoln's election this caused southern states to secede.During his presidential election, he helped create the thirteenth amendment, which ended the civil war. -
Abolitionist movement
This was a movement done by a group of people to end slavery.The goal of the movement was the emancipation of all slaves, to end racial discrimination, and to end segregation.The leaders of this movement were William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman and William Lloyd Still. They wanted the colonization of "blacks" away from the white society.This had a part in the civil war because they shaped the meaning and recognized the problems of slaves in the co
