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A lot of different events that led to the Civil War, but I only did four.

By: Calvin Burton. A lot of different events that led to the Civil War, but I only did four. Compromise of 1850. 1849- 15 free states, and 15 slave states Missouri Compromise had Missouri enter as a slave state and Maine as a Free State, also had the 36”30”.

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A lot of different events that led to the Civil War, but I only did four.

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  1. By: Calvin Burton A lot of different events that led to the Civil War, but I only did four.

  2. Compromise of 1850 • 1849- 15 free states, and 15 slave states • Missouri Compromise had Missouri enter as a slave state and Maine as a Free State, also had the 36”30”. • Henry Clay came up with another compromise, as he always does. • California was admitted as a free state. • The Slave trade would end in Washington, D.C. • Clay also included that slaves that were fugitives be captured.

  3. Lincoln- Douglas Debates • Democrat Stephen A. Douglas wanted to run for President in 1860, but needed to be re-elected in the Illinois Senate first. • The Republicans chose Abraham Lincoln to run against him in the Senate race. • In 1858, Lincoln challenged Douglas to a series of debates. • Debates helped voters see the candidates views on things such as slavery. • Lincoln said the United States could not survive, “half slave and half free”. • Neither man liked slavery but had different ideas to deal with it.

  4. Abraham Lincoln becomes President • In 1860 the Douglas vs. Lincoln tensions heated up again but this time for the Presidency. • Lincoln took only 40% of the popular vote, but the majority in the electoral college. • Lincoln won every free state but New Jersey, it was split between Lincoln and Douglas. • There were other people who ran, John Breckinridge swept the South, and John Bell took three slave holding states between the North and South, Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee. • Stephen A. Douglas took three electoral votes in New Jersey and all of the electoral votes in Missouri. • For Southerners a fear became true as Abraham Lincoln elected President.

  5. South Carolina Secedes • When the news of the election reached South Carolina the state legislatures called for a convention to discuss leaving the union. • Delegates met on December 20, 1860, they voted that the “ Union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States now end”. • Headline of the Charleston Mercury read “ The Union has Dissolved”. • Many people believed that the Federal Government and Abraham Lincoln should not let South Carolina secede. • Due to that six more States secede. (Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas). • However the process was delayed in Texas due to Governor Sam Houston refusing to call a convention.

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