Causes of the Civil War by Levi Bailie

Slavery

baililev — 2025-04-15 14:24:40 UTC

Slavery was the main reason for the Civil war because it caused division between the north and south.

baililev — 2025-04-15 14:27:08 UTC

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, and he fought for the abolition of slavery.

baililev — 2025-04-15 14:31:29 UTC

This was the idea that political power belongs to the people, and they should get to decide on whether they should have slavery.

baililev — 2025-04-16 14:07:51 UTC

Sectionalism is favoring the interests of one section or region over the interests of

the entire country.

baililev — 2025-04-16 14:09:25 UTC

In response, antislavery northerners formed a new party, the Free-

Soil Party, which supported the Wilmot Proviso.

baililev — 2025-04-16 14:11:44 UTC

The Wilmot Proviso is a document stating that “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of

the territory.”

baililev — 2025-04-16 14:13:34 UTC

With the Compromise of 1850, California was able to enter the Union as a free state.

baililev — 2025-04-16 14:15:23 UTC

This is a law that states that slaves that ran away in the past can be captured again and returned to their slave owners.

baililev — 2025-04-16 14:16:29 UTC

Anthony was a fugitive slave from Virginia, and he was arrested in Boston.

baililev — 2025-04-16 14:18:03 UTC

This was an antislavery novel that spoke out powerfully against slavery.

baililev — 2025-04-16 14:20:28 UTC

Stowe was the daughter of Connecticut minister Lyman Beecher, and she wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin.

baililev — 2025-04-16 14:21:59 UTC

Was a little-known politician from New-Hampshire. Pierce promised to

honor the Compromise of 1850 and the

Fugitive Slave Act.

baililev — 2025-04-16 14:23:20 UTC

A plan that would divide the remainder of the

Louisiana Purchase into two territories, Kansas and Nebraska—and

allow the people in each territory to decide on the question of slavery.