Civil War Causes by Declan Clark

Slavery

clarkdec — 2024-04-22 18:28:26 UTC

Slavery was of the causes in the civil war when the north wanted slavery but the south did not.

Trouble In Kansas

clarkdec — 2024-04-22 18:43:00 UTC

Compromise of 1850

clarkdec — 2024-04-22 18:43:05 UTC

the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished

Fugitive Slave Act

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required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state.

Antislavery Literature

clarkdec — 2024-04-23 13:31:39 UTC

David Walker's Appeal, William Lloyd Garrison's The Liberator, and Frederick Douglass' The North Star

Raid on Harpers Ferry

clarkdec — 2024-04-23 13:35:01 UTC

assault by an armed band of abolitionists led by John Brown on the federal armoury located at Harpers Ferry, Virginia

Election of 1860

clarkdec — 2024-04-23 13:35:27 UTC

Lincoln was elected in 1860 and the reaction of the nation was swift and tragic. Southern states began to secceed, removing themselves from the Union and forming the confederate states of America.

The South Secedes

clarkdec — 2024-04-23 13:40:52 UTC

The secession of South Carolina was followed by the secession of six more states—Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas–and the threat of secession by four more—Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina.

New Land Renews Slavery Disputes

clarkdec — 2024-04-23 13:42:56 UTC

The addi- tional land caused bitter debate about slavery.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

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repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty.

Bleeding Kansas

clarkdec — 2024-04-23 13:45:52 UTC

period of guerrilla warfare is referred to as Bleeding Kansas because of the blood shed by pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups, lasting until the violence died down in roughly 1859.

Political Parties Undergo Change

clarkdec — 2024-04-23 13:47:32 UTC

1789 and the beginning of government under the Constitution, congressional holdings document the history of representative government

The South Secedes

clarkdec — 2024-04-24 13:59:15 UTC

Every state in the Confederacy issued an “Article of Secession” declaring their break from the Union.