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Division -- The Road to War

Learn about key events leading to the Civil War, including the Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, and Abolitionist movement.

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Division -- The Road to War

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  1. Division -- The Road to War Quick Introduction

  2. One who wants to end ___________ Abolitionist

  3. Drew an east-west line through the Louisiana Purchase • Slavery allowed below the line • Slavery prohibited above the line, except in Missouri Keep the balance! Missouri Compromise

  4. California would be admitted as a free state • Southern territories acquired from Mexico would decide on their own • “When the residents of a territory vote to decide on the issue of slavery for themselves” = popular sovereignty Which side is happy about this? Compromise of 1850

  5. Also a part of the Compromise of 1850 • Citizens of the United States are responsible for catching and turning in runaway slaves Fugitive Slave Law

  6. Repealed the Missouri Compromise line • Gave Kansas and Nebraska the right of popular sovereignty • Led to Bleeding Kansas = fighting over slavery • Leads to a new political party= the Republican Party Kansas Nebraska Act

  7. Led the Abolitionist movement • Published the Liberator-Abolitionist newsletter • Viewed the institution of slavery as a violation of Christian principles and argued for its abolition William Lloyd Garrison

  8. Former slave – perhaps the most respected leader of abolitionistmovement • Published the North Star – abolitionist newspaper • Traveled the country and spoke against slavery Frederick Douglass

  9. Wife of New England clergyman • Wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin Harriett Beecher Stowe

  10. Best-selling novel about the horrors of slavery "So you're the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war."  Uncle Tom’s Cabin

  11. Increased in the 1800s • Nat Turner – Southampton Va, killed 55-65 whites • Gabriel Prosser- Richmond plot • Fed white Southerner’s fears about slave rebellions and led to harsh laws in the South against fugitive slaves • Southerners who favored abolition were intimidated into silence Slave Revolts

  12. Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) A slave who sues for his freedom! Supreme Court rules that slaves are not citizens… …and that Congress can not outlaw slavery in any territory. Overturns the MO Compromise

  13. Secede – to withdraw from , to leave the Union (noun = secession) Election of Lincoln (1860) “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” Lincoln is elected with NO support from the South Believes the Union should stay intact South Carolina secedes

  14. Causes of the Civil War - Summary -Northern Abolitionists v. Southern defenders of slavery -Sectional debate over slavery, extension of slavery in the territories, and the nature of the Union (state’s rights)

  15. Causes of the War - Summary -Failed compromises over slavery in the territories -U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Dred Scott Case -Publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe -Ineffective presidential leadership in the 1850s

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