How the Civil War started by Amelia Smith https://padlet.com/22amelia_smith/4lukuh4wk20y Made for Mrs.Vageness en-us 2016-12-09 18:55:58 UTC 2025-11-03 05:31:47 UTC hello@padlet.com Event: Missouri Compromise Date: March 3, 1820 What happened: Missouri requests to be a slave state Cause: The congress tried to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri in late 1819 for admission for it to be a state to allow slavery to be legal Effect: slavery was to be excluded from all new states in the Louisiana Purchase north of the southern boundary of Missouri. 22amelia_smith https://padlet.com/22amelia_smith/4lukuh4wk20y/wish/142886391 2016-12-09 18:57:44 UTC https://padlet.com/22amelia_smith/4lukuh4wk20y/wish/142886391 Event: Compromise of 1850 Date: January 29, 1850 What happened:Slave trade in Washington D.C was abolished Cause: The issue of slavery Effect: The south gained by the strengthening of the fugitive slave law, the north gained a new free state, California. 22amelia_smith https://padlet.com/22amelia_smith/4lukuh4wk20y/wish/142887909 2016-12-09 19:03:07 UTC https://padlet.com/22amelia_smith/4lukuh4wk20y/wish/142887909 Event:Kansas Nebraska Act Date: May 30, 1854 What happened: Kansas & Nebraska became territories. Couldn’t VOTE on whether they wanted slavery or not Cause: Passed by the U.S congress on May 30, 1854. To allow the people to decide if they wanted to allow slavery within their borders Effect: The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed each territory to decide the issue of slavery on the basis of popular sovereignty 22amelia_smith https://padlet.com/22amelia_smith/4lukuh4wk20y/wish/142890155 2016-12-09 19:10:27 UTC https://padlet.com/22amelia_smith/4lukuh4wk20y/wish/142890155 Event: John Brown’s actions Date: October 16, 1859 What happened: Lead 21 men on a raid of the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia Cause: John Brown´s hatred led him to complete his actions Effect: Virginia in an attempt to start an armed slave revolt and destroy the institution of slavery 22amelia_smith https://padlet.com/22amelia_smith/4lukuh4wk20y/wish/142891886 2016-12-09 19:17:03 UTC https://padlet.com/22amelia_smith/4lukuh4wk20y/wish/142891886 Event:Dred Scott Decision Date:1857 What happened: The government couldn’t get rid of slavery anywhere in the U.S Cause: U.S supreme court declared the Missouri compromise unconstitutional Effect: Supreme Court ruled that he was still a slave, and therefore, no right to file suit in a U.S court as he was not a citizen 22amelia_smith https://padlet.com/22amelia_smith/4lukuh4wk20y/wish/142893075 2016-12-09 19:22:12 UTC https://padlet.com/22amelia_smith/4lukuh4wk20y/wish/142893075 Event: Election of 1860/Southern Secession Date: November 6, 1860December 20, 1860What happened: Abe Lincoln wins election. 11 southern states secedeCause: Abe Lincoln became president so the Southern states secede Effect:Lincoln did not win the popular vote, he won the election with a total of 180 electoral votes. Lincoln's victory prompted South Carolina to secede from the United States. 22amelia_smith https://padlet.com/22amelia_smith/4lukuh4wk20y/wish/142893916 2016-12-09 19:24:50 UTC https://padlet.com/22amelia_smith/4lukuh4wk20y/wish/142893916 Event: Fort Sumter Date: April 12, 1861 What Happened: After 33 hours the union surrendered to the Confederate States of America Cause: Confederates bombarded the unions Fort Sumter Effect: The Battle of Fort Sumter was the first battle of the American Civil War. The harbor at Charleston, South Carolina. 22amelia_smith https://padlet.com/22amelia_smith/4lukuh4wk20y/wish/142895447 2016-12-09 19:30:01 UTC https://padlet.com/22amelia_smith/4lukuh4wk20y/wish/142895447