The Road to the Civil War

MISSOURI COMPROMISE

MISSOURI COMPROMISE

MAINE= FREE MISSOURI=SLAVE

1820

KEPT BALANCE IN SENATE

POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY

VOTING ON SLAVERY

Used in Kansas

PopularSovereignty

FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT

Made all citizens help capture runaways

Could be fined $1,000

Angered northerners (refused to obey)

Fugitive Slave Act

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES

main topic was slavery

Made Lincoln famous

Douglas won the election

Lincoln-Douglas debates

STATES’ RIGHTS

Government can’t tell states what to do

State vs. Federal Gov’t.

Used by South to justify secession

States’ Rights

UNCLE TOM’S CABIN

Showed cruelty of slavery

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Uncle Tom= SlaveSimon Legree= owner

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

BLEEDING KANSAS

Border Ruffians

fighting

First bloodshed in a civil war

Bleeding Kansas

DRED SCOTT CASE

slaves are property

Divided the country

restricting slavery is unconstitutional

Dred Scott case

JOHN BROWN

Tried to start a slave revolt

Abolitionist

Considered a martyr in the North

John Brown

1860 ELECTION

1860 ELECTION

SECTIONALISM

Issue was slavery

led to secession(SC and 6 others)

1860 election

LINCOLN

didn’t try to get rid of slavery in the South

No military experience

Wanted to preserve the Union

Lincoln

FORT SUMTER

First battle of Civil War

April 12, 1861

Confederate forces attacked Union fort

Fort Sumter