Causes of the Civil War by Joshua Stowe

Slavery

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Where a human holds another human, and has them work for them

The Fugitive Slave Act

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

The Compromise of 1850

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Admitted California to the United States as a free state.

The election of 1860

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Abraham Lincoln became president.

The Pottawatomie Massacre

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Abolitionists affiliated with John Brown vs. pro slavery Kansas settlers

Kansas Nebraska Act

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Recognition of Kansas and Nebraska as organized by U.S. territories, popular sovereignty, and expansion of the Republican Party

Uncle Tom's Cabin

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Uncle Tom's Cabin was a book about the Struggles of slavery. The book is now banned, but it still had a cause to slavery.

Dred Scott Decision

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Upped slavery in the USA territories, denied the legality of black citizenship, in America, and declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional.

States Vs. Federal Rights

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The powers that are listed in the Constitution include exclusive federal powers, just like concurrent powers that are shared with the states.

John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry

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It convinced slaveholders that abolitionists would stop at nothing to eradicate slavery.

Battle of Fort Sumter

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Forces from the Confederate States of America attacked the United States military.

Economic Policies

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There are multiple economic policies of the civil war, like slavery policies

The Formation of the Confederacy

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