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Events Leading Up to the Civil War Pt. 1

Events Leading Up to the Civil War Pt. 1. A little review…. What’s the big deal?. Different opinions/needs are okay, right?—to a certain degree. What really creates the disagreement? Geography…. The North and South have different: 1)Resources 2)Populations 3)Economies

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Events Leading Up to the Civil War Pt. 1

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  1. Events Leading Up to the Civil War Pt. 1

  2. A little review…

  3. What’s the big deal? • Different opinions/needs are okay, right?—to a certain degree. • What really creates the disagreement? • Geography…. • The North and South have different: 1)Resources 2)Populations 3)Economies • This leads to more and more SECTIONALISM!

  4. Let’s look at some events…

  5. Missouri Compromise • Added Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state • Split the Louisiana Territory along the 36º 30’ parrallel • North of line – slavery prohibited • South of line – slavery permitted

  6. MISSOURI COMPROMISE LINE

  7. Nat Turner’s Rebellion • Led a slave rebellion • Increased white Southern fears about slave rebellions • Silenced southern abolitionists • SOUTHERN REACTION: • Immediate retaliation killing over 200 innocent slaves • Led to harsh fugitive slave laws

  8. Compromise of 1850 • Admitted California as a free state, while southwestern territories from Mexico could decide on their own • Banned the slave trade (NOT slavery itself) in the Distict of Columbia • Fugitive Slave Act – required free states to assist in capturing runaway slaves

  9. Harriet Beecher Stowe • Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin • Gained support for the Abolitionist Movement

  10. Kansas-Nebraska Act • Popular sovereignty – the residents of a territory vote to decide an issue (in this case slavery) • “Bleeding Kansas” – Kansas & Nebraska were granted popular sovereignty • RESULT - violence between pro – and anti – slavery groups

  11. Kansas-Nebraska Act • Repealed the Missouri Compromise line • Led to the birth of the anti-slavery Republican Party

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