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CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR TIMELINE

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March 3, 1820 11 Free States: 11 Slave States 2 New States: Maine and Missouri Maine had 2000 slaves

The Compromise

Maine ecame a !ree state

Missouri ecame a slave state

"ove 3#$ 30% is !ree states

"!termath "mericans e&in ta'in& sides with the North and the

South

MISSOURI COMPROMISE

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(anuar) 2*, 18+0 n 18+0 Cali!ornia was as'ed to -oin the slave states Tempers rise in the senate The Compromise Cali!ornia will e a !ree state .and !rom Me/ico will e divided into slave states Slave trade will end in ashin&ton, C

Stricter !u&itive slave laws were put in place

COMPROMISE OF 1850

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Septemer 18, 18+0 "ll citiens must catch runawa) slaves ! citiens do not catch runawa) slaves the) will e

!ined and arrested This !urther convinced North that slaver) was evil Moderate aolitionists were !aced with the

immediate choice o! de!)in& what the) elieved to ean un-ust law, or rea'in& with their own consciences

and elie!s

FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT

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4ulished 18+2 "nti5Slaver) Novel

ritten ) 6arriet 7eecher Stowe

4ersonalied Slaves and ramatied their Mistreatment

4ainted a picture o! slaver) !or people in the North who reall)hadnt 'nown much aout it e!ore

Stowe enli&htened the North that did not understand howhorrile slaver) was at the time

UNCLE TOMS CABIN

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18+9 ou&las introduced a ill to ma'e a &overnmentin ansas territor)

Neras'a;s territor) was Te/as to Cali!ornia andMissouri to the

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18+9518#1 ansas voted !or or a&ainst slaver)

2 &overnments emer&ed in ansas >iolence erupted

BLEEDING KANSAS

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May 22, 1856

Charles Sumner-Amerian !"litiian and senat"r #r"mMassahusetts.

$hen the "ntr"%ersial &ansas- 'ebras(a At "# 185) *as!assed, !"!ular s"%erei+nty *as a!!lied *ith t*" ne*territ"ries and !e"!le *ere +i%en the ri+ht t" deide thesla%e issue by %"tin+

r""(s entered the Senate hamber and atta(ed Sumner

at his des(, *hih *as b"lted t" the ""r. Sumners le+s*ere !inned by the des( s" he "uld n"t esa!e the sa%a+ebeatin+. t *as n"t until "ther "n+ressmen subduedr""(s that Sumner 0nally esa!ed.

BROOKS ATTACKS SUMNER

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March #, 18+? Slave !rom Missouri that moved to isconsin Slave owner died in Missouri 6e ar&ued that he lived in two !ree states5 isconsin and

Missouri so he is !ree Court ar&ued the) lac's could not !ile a lawsuit (usti!ied that slaves a propert)

DRED SCOTT CASE

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@ctoer 1#, 18+* 6arper;s Ferr), >"

7rown and compan) seied an arsenal

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Novemer 18#0 Anusual ecause !our stron& candidates competed !or the

presidenc) 7etween "raham .incoln, Stephen ou&las, (ohn

7rec'inrid&e, and (ohn 7ell "raham .incoln won the election !or president

ELECTION OF 180

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iss"uri C"m!r"mise182

C"m!r"mise "# 185

anuary 185

3u+iti%e Sla%e AtSe!tember 18, 185

4nle "ms Cabin

1852

&ansas 'ebras(a At185)

leedin+ &ansas185)-1861

r""(s Atta(s Summer

May 22, 1856

7red S"tt CaseMarh 6, 185

imeline9aid "n :ar!ers 3amily;t"ber 16, 185