Causes of the Civil War by Madeline Burr

Slavery

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People with a darker skin tone that were taken against their will to work in fields for white people.

Woman's Rights

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The right to vote, have education, and simple have a job were not allowed if you were a woman before the Civil rights.

Fugitive Slave Act

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This made it a crime to help any run away slaves, and it allowed officers to arrest the slaves that ran away.

Antislavery Literature

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This is writing that told stories about people that were run away slaves and the writing is about how unfair being a slave is.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

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President Pierce said "and that no sectional....excitement may again threaten the durability [stability] of our institutions." Then very shortly later a proposal to build a railroad to the West rose tensions again.

Bleeding Kansas

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Settlers moved to Kansas to live in piece, but anger over slavery began to affect them anyways.

Political Parties Undergo Change

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Some Whigs, Democrats, Free-soldiers, and abolitionists joined together to form the Republican Party and went against slavery in the West.

Dred Scott Decision

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News of a decision by the Supreme Court about slavery caused more tension in the States. The complex case involving a insulated man names Dred Scott.

Lincoln-Douglas Debates

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Abraham Lincoln went against Democrat Stephen Douglas against slavery in the West. Lincoln said that Democrats were trying to spread slavery and he talked about Dred Scott.

Raid on Harpers Ferry

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In 1858 John Brown tried starting an uprising but after lots of effort he only got an army of 20 men after nearly 2 years. His army and himself took over the arsenal in Harpers Ferry in hopes of a slave rebellion.

Election of 1860

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A presidency election. Democrats of Northern and Southern did not agree. The South chose John C. from Kentucky, and the North chose Stephen Douglas. The constitutional Union Party chose John Bell, and Lincoln (who won the election) was chosen by the Republicans.

The South Secedes

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The idea from Lincoln the he wouldn't change slavery in the South because since slavery couldn't expand, it would eventually die out completely. The idea mad many Southerners angry.

Compromise of 1850

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Senator Henry Clay had an idea to help give both sides the things they wanted. California would be a free state, the slave trade, a more effective fugitive slave law would be passed and many more things.