BRIEF DESCRIPTION ABOUT THE MAJOR EVENTS WHICH LED TO THE CIVIL WAR

1. SLAVERY DIVIDES THE NATION
(EVENTS WHICH LED TO THE CIVIL WAR)

2. HOW DID SLAVERY DIVIDE THE
NATION???

3. WHAT WAS THE MISSOURI
COMPROMISE??

THE MISSOURI
COMPROMISE ALLOWED
MAINE TO JOIN THE
UNION AS A FREE STATE
AND MISSOURI TO JOIN
AS A SLAVE STATE.

THE 36'30' LINE WAS
CREATED TO KEEP
SLAVERY BELOW THE
LINE

4. WHY WAS THERE CONFLICT OVER
SLAVERY IN THE WEST??

THE WILMOT PROVISO
TRIED TO BAN SLAVERY
ANY TERRITORIES WON
FROM MEXICO.

ABOLITIONIST WANTED
SLAVERY BANNED
THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY. SOUTHERN
SLAVEHOLDERS WANTED
SLAVERY ALLOWED IN ANY
TERRITORY

5. WHY DID THE FREE SOIL PARTY
FORM??

THE MAIN GOAL
OF THE FREE
SOIL PARTY WAS
TO KEEP
SLAVERY OUT OF
OF THE
WESTERN
TERRITORIES

6. WHAT WAS THE COMPROMISE OF
1850???

THE COMPROMISE
HAD FIVE PARTS

IT ALLOWED
CALIFORNIA TO
JOIN THE UNION AS
A FREE STATE

BANNED THE
SLAVE TRADE IN
WASHINGTON D.C

7. THREE MORE PARTS OF THE
COMPROMISE OF 1850

PEOPLE IN NEW
MEXICO AND UTAH
COULD VOTE IN
SLAVERY

TEXAS WOULD GIVE
MORE LAND TO NEW
MEXICO

INCLUDED A FUGITVE
SLAVE ACT

8. WHAT WAS THE FUGITIVE SLAVE
ACT???

THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT
OF 1850 REQUIRED ALL
WHITE CITIZENS TO HELP
CATCH RUNAWAY SLAVES

PEOPLE WHO LET SLAVES
ESCAPE COULD BE FINED
$1,000 AND JAILED

JUDGES RECEIVED $10
FOR SENDING FOR
SENDING PEOPLE BACK
AND $5 FOR SETTING
SOMEONE FREE

9. HOW DID PEOPLE REACT TO THE
FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT AND THE
REST OF THE COMPROMISE???

NORTHERNERS WERE
ANGRY, BECAUSE THE
LAW MADE THEM A PART
OF THE SLAVE SYSTEM

DESPITE THE
COMPROMISE,
TENSIONS REMAINED
HIGH BECAUSE
NEITHER SIDE GOT
EVERYTHING THAT IT
WANTED.

10. HOW DID THE NOVEL “UNCLE
TOM'S CABIN” AFFECT THE NORTH

IN 1852 HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
ADDED TO THE GROWING ANTI
SLAVERY MOOD BY WRITING
“UNCLE TOM'S CABIN”

A STORY ABOUT SLAVERY

THE NOVEL HELPED TO CHANGE
THE WAY THE NORTH FELT ABOUT
SLAVERY.

THE SOUTH DISLIKED THE BOOK
AND SAID “IT DID NOT GIVE A TRUE
PICTURE OF SLAVE LIFE”.

11. WHAT WAS THE KANSAS-
NEBRASKA ACT???

KANSAS AND
NEBRASKA WOULD
ALLOW THE
SETTLERS LIVING IN
THE TERRITORIES
TO DECIDE IF THEY
WANT SLAVERY BY
VOTING

12. WHY WAS KANSAS CALLED
“BLEEDING KANSAS???

KANSAS HAD TWO
GOVERNMENTS (ONE
ANTI-SLAVERY AND
ONE PRO-SLAVERY)

BOTH SIDES BEGAN TO
FIGHT AGAINST EACH
OTHER, MORE THAN
200 PEOPLE HAD BEEN
KILLED.

13. WHAT WAS THE DRED SCOTT
CASE???

DRED SCOTT HAD BEEN
ENSLAVED FOR MANY YEARS,
THEN HIS OWNER MOVED TO IL
AND WI

AFTER HIS OWNER DIED,
LAWYERS ARGUED DRED SCOTT
SHOULD BE FREE BECAUSE HE
HAD LIVED IN FREE TERRITORIES
(IL AND WI)

HIS CASE WENT TO THE U.S.
SUPREME COURT (HIGHEST
COURT IN THE U.S.)

14. WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THE
DRED SCOTT CASE???

THE U.S. SUPREME COURT RULED
THAT BLACKS, BECAUSE OF THEIR
RACE WERE NOT PERSONS BEFORE
THE LAW

THE U.S. SUPREME COURT SAID
“BLACKS WERE NOT CITIZENS AND
HAVE NO RIGHTS WHICH WHITE
MEN HAVE TO RESPECT”.

ALSO THE COURT RULED
CONGRESS HAD NO AUTHORITY TO
LIMIT SLAVERY TO ANY TERRITORY

15. WHY DID THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
FORM AND WHAT WAS ITS GOAL?

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WAS
FORMED BY A GROUP OF
FREE SOILERS,NORTHERN
DEMOCRATS, AND ANTI-
SLAVERY WHIGS

THE GOAL OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY WAS TO
KEEP SLAVERY OUT OF THE
WESTERN TERRITORIES

16. WHO WAS JOHN BROWN??

JOHN BROWN AND HIS SONS
KILLED FIVE PRO-SLAVERY MEN
IN KANSAS

HE WENT TO HARPERS FERRY
TO GAIN WEAPONS FOR
AFRICANS TO REBEL AGAINST
THEIR SLAVE MASTERS.

NO ONE CAME TO HELP BROWN
AND HIS MEN

17. WHAT HAPPENDED TO JOHN
BROWN??

JOHN BROWN WAS
CAPTURED AND CHARGED
WITH TREASON

BROWN WAS FOUND GUILTY
AND SENTENCED TO DEATH

IN THE NORTH MANY FELT
BROWN WAS A MARTYR

IN THE SOUTH MANY FELT
BROWN WAS A VILLIAN

18. LINCOLN IS ELECTED
(THE FINAL EVENT WHICH DIVIDED THE
NATION)

LINCOLN, A REPUBLICAN WON THE
ELECTION OF 1860

THE SOUTH BELIEVED THE
PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS WOULD
BE AGAINST THEIR INTEREST
(MAINLY SLAVERY)

IN DECEMBER, SC BECAME THE
FIRST STATE TO SECEDE. AL, FL, GA,
LA, MS AND TX ALSO LEFT THE
UNION

19. WHY DID THE SOUTH SECEDE???

THE SOUTH USED THIS
SECTION IN THE DECLARATION
OF INDEPENDENCE AS ONE
REASON TO LEAVE THE UNION,
“IT'S THE RIGHT OF THE
PEOPLE TO ALTER OR TO
ABOLISH A GOVERNMENT THAT
DENIES THE RIGHT OF
CITIZENS,”

20. WHERE DID THE CIVIL WAR
BEGIN??

THE CIVIL WAR BEGINS IN SC
AT FORT SUMTER WHEN
CONFEDERATE TROOPS
BOMBED THE FORT.

21. WHO TOOK GREAT NOTE???
1. WHAT WAS THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE?
2. HOW MANY PARTS DID THE COMPROMISE
OF 1850 HAVE?
3. NAME THREE PARTS OF THE
COMPROMISE OF 1850?
4. WHAT DID THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW
REQUIRE?

22. WHO DIDN'T FALL ASLEEP??
5. WHO WROTE THE NOVEL “UNCLE TOM'S
CABIN?
6. WHAT WAS THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT?
7. WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THE DRED
SCOTT CASE?
8. WHAT WAS THE GOAL OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY?

23. FOUR MORE QUESTIONS AND WE
ARE DONE!!!!
9. WHAT DID JOHN BROWN TRY TO DO AT
HARPERS FERRY?
10. WHAT DID THE SOUTHERN STATES DO
WHEN LINCOLN WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT?
11. WHAT DOCUMENT DID THE SOUTH USE AS A
REASON FOR SECEDING?
12. WHERE DID THE CIVIL WAR BEGIN?