Events Leading To the Civil War

Missouri Compromise

The Louisiana Purchase was made in 1803.

Before this purchase there were 22 states: 11 free states and 11 slave states

Missouri Compromise

Slave states permitted slavery; free states did not permit slavery.

Missouri Compromise

The Missouri Compromise line was drawn at 36°30’ N. Everything north of this line was considered a free state.

Missouri Compromise

Missouri was admitted as a slave state, and Maine was admitted as a free state.

Antislavery Movement

The ACS supported the freedom of slaves and their removal back to Africa.

Antislavery Movement

The nation of Liberia in W. Africa grew out of the work of the ACS.

Antislavery Movement

Emancipation is another word for freedom.

Antislavery Movement

William Lloyd Garrison published the antislavery newspaper, The Liberator.

Antislavery Movement

John Brown: led a raid on the federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia. He hoped to provoke a slave rebellion; instead, he was captured and executed.

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Nullification Crisis

States Rights: The belief that the rights of the states should prevail over the rights of the federal government.

Nullification Crisis

Tariff: A tax on imports

Nullification Crisis

nullify: To prevent the enforcement of

Nullification Crisis

Congress passed a bill that denied the states the right to nullify a law.

Nullification Crisis

John C. Calhoun wrote the South Carolina Exposition

Compromise of 1850

The Republican party was formed to oppose slavery

Compromise of 1850

Popular sovereignty: A vote by people living in an area

Compromise of 1850

The Compromise of 1850 admitted CA as a free state, and stated that slavery in some of the other western territories would be determined by popular sovereignty

Compromise of 1850

The Kansas/Nebraska Act permitted the people of Kansas to decide upon slavery.

Compromise of 1850

Secession is the withdrawal from the Union

1860 Election

There were 4 political parties in the election of 1860.

1860 Election

Democrats: Stephen Douglas Southern Democrats: John C.

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Constitutional Union Party: John BellRepublican: Abraham Lincoln

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platform: The principles and policies that a party supports.

1860 Election

Democrats: Supported popular sovereignty

Southern Democrats: Supported slavery

Const. Union Party: wanted to peacefully hold the Union together.

1860 Election

Republican: Opposed Slavery