Civil war causes by Xander Holt

slavery

holtxan — 2025-04-15 16:51:10 UTC

slavery was an act of owning another human to work on a plantation.

the election of abe Lincoln

holtxan — 2025-04-15 16:55:59 UTC

When Abe Lincoln was elected his view of slavery was not in favor of the south

the comprises of 1850

holtxan — 2025-04-16 16:38:58 UTC

California joined the union as a free state

the south

holtxan — 2025-04-16 16:42:42 UTC

the south wanted to take slavery to the western states

the fugitive slave act

holtxan — 2025-04-16 16:47:39 UTC

U.S. federal laws that mandated the return of escaped enslaved people to their owners, regardless of where they were captured, including in free states

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

holtxan — 2025-04-16 16:50:57 UTC

In his inaugural address, President Pierce expressed his hope that the

slavery issue had been put to rest “and that no sectional excitement

may again threaten the durability of our institutions.”