causes of the Civil war by Addyson Klesmith

Sectionalism

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being more loyal to the region you live in instead of the country

John Brown

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A violent abolitionist who though God told him slavery should end

Abolitionists

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People who wanted slavery to end

⅗ Compromise

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3/5 Slaves counted as population

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

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Uncle Tom's cabin was a book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe and it was about a slave named Tom

Harper’s Ferry

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John Brown and 21 other men invaded the Harper ferry and stole weapons and killed many people try to get slaves to join him

Fugitive Slave Act

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Made laws to stop slaves from running away and made it so people could go and catch slaves

Nat Turner’s Rebellion

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Nat Turner was a slave who him and 7 other slaves killed their owners and made a ton of other slaves rebel against owners

Kansas-Nebraska Act

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty. It also produced a violent small war known as “Bleeding Kansas,”

Missouri Compromise

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This legislation admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state at the same time, so as not to upset the balance between slave and free states in the nation. It also outlawed slavery above the 36º 30' latitude line in the remainder of the Louisiana Territory

Dred Scott v. Sandford

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Dred Scott was a slave that was a slave then moved to a free country years later his owner died and his owners wife tried to claim him and they went to court many times and he was not allowed freedom

Caning of Charles Sumner

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Hit a man in the head with a cane fore supporting slavery