Causes of the civil War by Logan McMahan https://padlet.com/mcmahlog/55qc2jht6ffavok1 en-us 2025-04-15 14:11:52 UTC 2025-04-16 14:14:39 UTC hello@padlet.com slavery mcmahlog https://padlet.com/mcmahlog/55qc2jht6ffavok1/wish/3410881975 Slavery is the practice of owning people and forcing them to work without pay or freedom, essentially treating them as property

]]> 2025-04-15 14:16:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mcmahlog/55qc2jht6ffavok1/wish/3410881975 Compromise of 1850 mcmahlog https://padlet.com/mcmahlog/55qc2jht6ffavok1/wish/3410885521 The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five laws designed to address the issue of slavery in newly acquired territories from the Mexican-American War

]]> 2025-04-15 14:19:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mcmahlog/55qc2jht6ffavok1/wish/3410885521 Fugitive Slave Act mcmahlog https://padlet.com/mcmahlog/55qc2jht6ffavok1/wish/3410887419 made it a crime to help runaway

slaves and allowed officials to arrest those slaves in free areas.

]]> 2025-04-15 14:20:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mcmahlog/55qc2jht6ffavok1/wish/3410887419 Antislavery Literature mcmahlog https://padlet.com/mcmahlog/55qc2jht6ffavok1/wish/3410889746 Antislavery literature refers to the body of written works that emerged to oppose slavery and advocate for its abolition

]]> 2025-04-15 14:22:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mcmahlog/55qc2jht6ffavok1/wish/3410889746 The Kansas-Nebraska Act mcmahlog https://padlet.com/mcmahlog/55qc2jht6ffavok1/wish/3410891501 a US law that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and allowed residents of each territory to decide whether to permit slavery through a vote

]]> 2025-04-15 14:23:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mcmahlog/55qc2jht6ffavok1/wish/3410891501 Bleeding Kansas mcmahlog https://padlet.com/mcmahlog/55qc2jht6ffavok1/wish/3410893331 a series of violent confrontations that erupted in the Kansas Territory between 1854 and 1861, primarily over the issue of slavery

]]> 2025-04-15 14:24:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mcmahlog/55qc2jht6ffavok1/wish/3410893331 Dred Scott decision mcmahlog https://padlet.com/mcmahlog/55qc2jht6ffavok1/wish/3410897025 ruled that enslaved people, including Dred Scott, were not US citizens and therefore could not sue in federal court

]]> 2025-04-15 14:26:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mcmahlog/55qc2jht6ffavok1/wish/3410897025 Lincoln Douglas debate mcmahlog https://padlet.com/mcmahlog/55qc2jht6ffavok1/wish/3410901108 Lincoln challenged Douglas in the debate

]]> 2025-04-15 14:29:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mcmahlog/55qc2jht6ffavok1/wish/3410901108 election of 1852 mcmahlog https://padlet.com/mcmahlog/55qc2jht6ffavok1/wish/3410904813 Franklin Pierce won the election of 1852


]]> 2025-04-15 14:32:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mcmahlog/55qc2jht6ffavok1/wish/3410904813 tariff mcmahlog https://padlet.com/mcmahlog/55qc2jht6ffavok1/wish/3412530438 A tariff is a tax imposed on imported goods

]]> 2025-04-16 14:12:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mcmahlog/55qc2jht6ffavok1/wish/3412530438 Abolitionism mcmahlog https://padlet.com/mcmahlog/55qc2jht6ffavok1/wish/3412532185 a social and political movement, primarily in the 19th century, that sought to abolish the practice of slavery

]]> 2025-04-16 14:13:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mcmahlog/55qc2jht6ffavok1/wish/3412532185 Nat Turner mcmahlog https://padlet.com/mcmahlog/55qc2jht6ffavok1/wish/3412533476 Nat Turner led more than fifty followers in a bloody revolt in Southampton, Virginia, killing nearly 60 White people, mostly women and children

]]> 2025-04-16 14:14:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mcmahlog/55qc2jht6ffavok1/wish/3412533476 Missouri Compromise mcmahlog https://padlet.com/mcmahlog/55qc2jht6ffavok1/wish/3412534856 The Missouri Compromise was a package of measures designed to resolve the issue of slavery in newly formed states, primarily Missouri and Maine

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