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Causes of the Civil War

Explore the key compromises, slavery issues, and influential figures that led to the Civil War in America, such as the Missouri Compromise and Abolitionists' efforts. Discover the significant events like the Dred Scott Decision and John Brown's Raid.

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Causes of the Civil War

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  1. Causes of the Civil War • Steve Bass • Meadowbrook

  2. Causes: • Compromises • Slavery • Anti-Slavery Forces

  3. Compromises: • Declaration of Independence-1776 • Constitution-1787 • Missouri-1820 • 1850

  4. Declaration of Independence- 1776 • North- Accepts slavery as part of Union • South- Agrees to support Revolution

  5. Constitution-1787 • 3/5 Compromise- Slaves count for Population & Taxes • Great Compromise- Senate and a House

  6. Missouri Compromise of 1820 • Maine = Free • Missouri = Slave • Stop the future of slavery at the 36* 30’ line- • West of Mississippi and • North of Missouri’s Southern Boundary

  7. Compromise of 1850 • California = Free State • No Public Sale of Slaves in D.C. • Utah and New Mexico = Slave Territories • Strict and Harsh Fugitive Slave Law in the North

  8. Abolitionists- Worked to Abolish Slavery • William Lloyd Garrison- • Published a newspaper called the “Liberator” • Sojourner Truth- Conductor • Harriet Tubman- Conductor • Harriet Beecher Stowe- • Uncle Tom’s Cabin

  9. William Lloyd Garrison

  10. Sojourner Truth

  11. Harriet Tubman

  12. Frederick Douglass

  13. Harriet Beecher Stowe

  14. Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 • Popular Sovereignty- allows the people of the area to decide if they want to be a slave state • Led to “Bleeding Kansas”- Mostly Northern farmers but Southern ruffians were sent in- over 200 settlers died

  15. Dred Scott Decision-1857 • A slave who was living in free territory sued for his freedom • Supreme Court Justice Roger Taney said: “no way” • Slaves can’t sue • Slaves are property • States that Congress cannot specify where slavery can exist • Missouri Compromise/ 1850 Compromise become unconstitutional

  16. Dred Scott

  17. John Brown

  18. Harper’s Ferry: John Brown’s Raid 1859

  19. Fort Sumter

  20. Fort Sumter

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