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Events Leading to the Civil War

Events Leading to the Civil War. 1850-1860. Compromise of 1850. Admits California as a free state Abolishes slave trade in Washington, D.C. Popular sovereignty in western territories Fugitive slave law. Popular Sovereignty in the West.

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Events Leading to the Civil War

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  1. Events Leading to the Civil War 1850-1860

  2. Compromise of 1850 • Admits California as a free state • Abolishes slave trade in Washington, D.C. • Popular sovereignty in western territories • Fugitive slave law

  3. Popular Sovereignty in the West • Let the people decide if they want slavery or not in the western territories • Started by Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois

  4. Sectionalism and States Rights

  5. Uncle Tom’s Cabin • Novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe • Focuses on slave life in Kentucky and Louisiana • Uncle Tom is a good and complacent soul • Simon Legree is the evil slavedriver • Eliza flees to freedom by crossing the icy Ohio River • Lincoln called Stowe the “little lady who started the Civil War”

  6. Published in 1852

  7. Underground Railroad and Fugitive Slave Law • Fugitive slave law—federal violation for aiding runaway slaves • Secret escape routes to northern free states • Harriet Tubman— “Moses” • Quakers

  8. Dred Scott v. Sanford • Supreme Court Decision

  9. Kansas-Nebraska Act-1854 • Popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska territories (let the people decide through voting for or against slavery) • Led to “Bleeding Kansas” • Abolitionists led by John Brown

  10. Abolitionist Activity

  11. Brooks-Sumner Incident

  12. John Brown and Harpers Ferry

  13. The Republican Party

  14. The Lincoln-Douglas Debates

  15. Election of 1860

  16. Presidents • Zachery Taylor--Whig • Millard Fillmore--Whig • Franklin Pierce • James Buchanan--Democrat • Abraham Lincoln--Republican

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