Sectionalism and the Civil War

  • 3/5 Compermise

    3/5 Compermise
    settled the issue over represenatives in congress,3/5 slaves were counted toward represenation in congress.allows slaves to be considered
  • Missouri Compermise

    Missouri Compermise
    missouri compermise was the deal that kept slavery. This compromise kept slavery in the United States. whithout this act slavery might of ended a little bit earlier.
  • Mexican American War

    Mexican American War
    war between mexico and american started by president polk.texas voted to join the union.it lead to the civil war because the people of mexico wanted to have slaves
  • compermise of 1850

    compermise of 1850
    this was compermise to see if states won from the mexican american war should be free states.or be slave states under the union
  • fugtive slave act

    fugtive slave act
    The fugitve slave act was meant to arrest any slave that looked like they were on the run and if they fail to do so was fined 1000 dollars
  • kansas nebraska act

    kansas nebraska act
    the kansas nebraska act was spilt the union in half between slave and non slave states which stated a battle between the north and the south
  • Dredd Scott decsion

    Dredd Scott decsion
    Dredd scott decion was ruled that because he was a slave.he was consider property was not aloud to be free.this was a cause of the civil war because it angryed the north and slavery can be spreaded over the united states
  • election of 1860

    election of 1860
    the elction of 1860 between abraham lincoln,stephan douglas,john beckenridge,john bell. it was a cause of the civil war because it was whether a south or north had a represenative in office
  • Emancipation Proclaimation

    Emancipation Proclaimation
    the emancipation proclamation was a cause in the civil war because it free all the slaves from the union and forced the south to give all the african americans who was enslaved
  • gettyburgh address

    gettyburgh address
    the gettyburgh address was a big cause in the civil war because it was 272 words and it can spread what our democracy was about and how everyone was created equal and it should be carried out like that.