Causes of the Civil War by Mitchell Mumm

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The act of owning another human to do unpaid labor.

Election of Abraham Lincoln

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He was the 16th president and fought for the abolition of slavery.

popular sovereignty

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the idea that political power belongs to the people, who should decide on banning or allowing slavery.

Wilmot Proviso,

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

[the] territory.”

sectionalism

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

the entire country.

Soil Party

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which supported the Wilmot Proviso. They worried that

slave labor would mean fewer jobs for white workers.

1850 compromise

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California would enter the Union as a free state.

secede—

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formally withdraw from the Union.

Fugitive Slave Act

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made it a crime to help runaway

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

Anthony Burns,

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fugitive slave from Virginia, was

arrested in Boston. Abolitionists used force while trying to rescue him

from jail, killing a deputy marshal.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin,

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novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, spoke out powerfully against slavery.

Franklin Pierce

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a little-known politician from

New Hampshire. Pierce promised to

honor the Compromise of 1850 and the

Fugitive Slave Act. Therefore, southerners trusted Pierce on the

issue of slavery.

Kansas-Nebraska Act

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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.