https://padlet.com/piercemi/grne0h0raz76ocm0 By: Emily Pierce en-us 2020-05-12 16:31:23 UTC 2020-05-12 17:11:34 UTC hello@padlet.com piercemi https://padlet.com/piercemi/grne0h0raz76ocm0/wish/568083178 People in the South wanted to keep slavery, and people in the North wanted it abolished. The southerners used slaves for labor so they didn't want to lose them.]]> 2020-05-12 16:38:36 UTC https://padlet.com/piercemi/grne0h0raz76ocm0/wish/568083178 piercemi https://padlet.com/piercemi/grne0h0raz76ocm0/wish/568094856 The states' in the south felt like the federal government was taking away their powers and rights.]]> 2020-05-12 16:42:36 UTC https://padlet.com/piercemi/grne0h0raz76ocm0/wish/568094856 piercemi https://padlet.com/piercemi/grne0h0raz76ocm0/wish/568100918 Many of the northern states switched their economy from farming to industry. Without the need of slaves in the North, in the South the slaves were heavily relied on.]]> 2020-05-12 16:44:52 UTC https://padlet.com/piercemi/grne0h0raz76ocm0/wish/568100918 piercemi https://padlet.com/piercemi/grne0h0raz76ocm0/wish/568107615 Adding new states to the West shifted power between the North and South. The South was afraid they would lose all the power and also their rights.]]> 2020-05-12 16:47:18 UTC https://padlet.com/piercemi/grne0h0raz76ocm0/wish/568107615 piercemi https://padlet.com/piercemi/grne0h0raz76ocm0/wish/568112786 When Lincoln was elected, the southern states felt like he was against slavery, so they were against him.]]> 2020-05-12 16:49:13 UTC https://padlet.com/piercemi/grne0h0raz76ocm0/wish/568112786 piercemi https://padlet.com/piercemi/grne0h0raz76ocm0/wish/568117043 In 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed and the residents of Kansas were allowed to vote to be a slave state or not. This was the first fighting over slavery and several people were killed.]]> 2020-05-12 16:50:47 UTC https://padlet.com/piercemi/grne0h0raz76ocm0/wish/568117043 piercemi https://padlet.com/piercemi/grne0h0raz76ocm0/wish/568126541 After Abe Lincoln was elected, many southern states didn't want to be a part of the United States so they seceded. The Civil War begun after this.]]> 2020-05-12 16:53:50 UTC https://padlet.com/piercemi/grne0h0raz76ocm0/wish/568126541 piercemi https://padlet.com/piercemi/grne0h0raz76ocm0/wish/568135609 Dred Scott was a slave that wanted US citizenship but the government denied him because of his African blood. No person with African blood could become a citizen.]]> 2020-05-12 16:57:07 UTC https://padlet.com/piercemi/grne0h0raz76ocm0/wish/568135609 piercemi https://padlet.com/piercemi/grne0h0raz76ocm0/wish/568147560 John Brown was an abolitionist that got famous for battles that caused death to pro-slavery people in Kansas. ]]> 2020-05-12 17:01:22 UTC https://padlet.com/piercemi/grne0h0raz76ocm0/wish/568147560 piercemi https://padlet.com/piercemi/grne0h0raz76ocm0/wish/568152352 In 1859, John Brown and some of his followers took the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry. Brown tried to deny this but was guilty and hung for treason.]]> 2020-05-12 17:03:07 UTC https://padlet.com/piercemi/grne0h0raz76ocm0/wish/568152352