Causes of the Civil War by Elsie Parkins

Slavery

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People were taken from West Africa, separated from their families, brought to other countries, and were forced into labor.

Women's Rights

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Women started demanding the right to vote. There were many other women rights movements as well.

Fugitive Slave Act

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The Fugitive Slave Act made it a crime to help runaway slaves as well as allowing officials to arrest slaves in free areas.

Antislavery Literature

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Writing that told stories about runaway slaves and how unfair it was to be a slave.

Election of Abraham Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860 with more electoral and popular votes than any other candidate.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

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President Pierce said, "and that no sectional... excitement may again threaten the durability of our institutions." Less than a year later, a proposal to build a railroad to the West caused more conflict and tension.

Bleeding Kansas

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Settlers moved to Kansas in hope of peace, but slavery controversy began to affect them as well.

Political Parties Undergo Change

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Democrats, free spoilers, and abolitionists joined in 1854 to form a Republican Party. This party was united against the spread of slavery in the West.

Dred Scott Decision

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Dred Scott was a slave, and in 1846 he sued for his freedom. He argued that he became free once he moved into free territory. He and his wife were freed in 1857, but not through courts.

Lincoln-Douglas Debates

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Republican Abraham Lincoln was competing against Democrat Stephen Douglas for the U.S. Senate in 1858. Lincoln was trying to stop the spread of slavery. Lincoln did not win the election for U.S. Senate, but he did become a very important leader of the Republican Party.

Raid on Harper's Ferry

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John Brown attempted to initiate a slave revolt in Southern States. He did this by taking over the United States arsenals at Harper's Ferry, Virginia.

Compromise of 1850

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A series of measures proposed by U.S. Senator Henry Clay and passed by the U.S. Congress to settle multiple issues tied to slavery. For example, one of these ideas was that the slave trade - but not slavery - would end in the nation's capitol.

Election of 1852

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Democrat Franklin Pierce became president. Pierce promised to honor the Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Act. Because of this promise, southerners trusted Pierce on the issue of slavery.

Tariffs

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The North favored protective tariffs for their manufacturing industry, while the South favored free trade and did not support tariffs. A tariff is a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports.