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Leading to a Civil War

Explore the key events that led to the Civil War, including political sectionalism, the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Understand the tensions surrounding slavery and the formation of the Confederate States of America.

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Leading to a Civil War

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  1. Leading to a Civil War • Events leading to the Secession of the South Political Sectionalism

  2. Political Sectionalism Constitutional Compromises of 1788 Slaves to count as 3/5 of a free person Slave trade to end in twenty years

  3. Political Sectionalism Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri - slave state Maine - free state New states into the Union have to be balanced: one free/one slave

  4. The Missouri Compromise

  5. Political Sectionalism Compromise of 1850 California a free state Slavery not made illegal in Utah and New Mexico Territories.

  6. Slave and Free Territories Under the Compromise of 1850

  7. Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) • It gave people living there the choice to vote for or against slavery in the state. • Hundreds moved in to “vote.” • Tempers FLARED, and over 200 people were killed in the dispute. • Nicknamed “ Bleeding Kansas”

  8. The Kansas Nebraska Act

  9. What does the previous map tell you about the political balance and the issue of slavery? • What potential problems did the Utah and New Mexico Territories represent? • How could those problems be resolved politically?

  10. The Kansas Nebraska Act

  11. Do you think the slave states voted as a bloc? • Why? Or why not?

  12. The Election of 1860

  13. The Confederate States of America

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