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PRE-CIVIL WAR NOTES

Explore the critical events that shaped the path to the American Civil War, beginning with the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state while prohibiting slavery north of the 36°30' line. Key developments included the Compromise of 1850, the impact of Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin," the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Dred Scott Decision, John Brown's Raid, and the election of Abraham Lincoln, all of which intensified national divisions over slavery and led to the outbreak of war.

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PRE-CIVIL WAR NOTES

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  1. PRE-CIVIL WAR NOTES

  2. Missouri Compromise (1820) • 1. Missouri Compromise (1820) a. Maineenters as a Free State b. Missourienters as a Slave State c. No Slavery north of Missouri's southern border (36° 30')

  3. Missouri Compromise (1820)

  4. EVENTS LEADING TO THE CIVIL WARCompromise of 1850 Compromise of 1850 • decides whether Californiaenters as a Free state or a Slave state it enters as a Free state which makes the North happy. • To make the South happy → Utah and New Mexicopeople of those territories decide if they will be free or slave (calledPopular Sovereignty) Compromise slide #1 of #2

  5. Compromise of 1850 • Slave trade is outlawed in Washington D.C. • Fugitive Slave Law passed, Federal Marshalls allowed to search for escaped slaves in North and return them to the South. • To oppose this, 9 northern states passed Personal Liberty Lawswhich forbid jailing of runaway slaves and guaranteed a trial by jury • Compromise slide #2 of #2

  6. Compromise of 1850

  7. EVENTS LEADING TO THE CIVIL WARUncle Tom's Cabin (1852) Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) • Novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe- portrays harsh & inhumane treatment of slaves • More than one million copies sold by 1853 turns many northerners toward abolition; book infuriates the South

  8. EVENTS LEADING TO THE CIVIL WAR Kansas-Nebraska Act • Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) • 36°30' line (Missouri Compromise) repealed • Popular Sovereignty would decide slavery in Kansas & Nebraska • Creates "Bleeding Kansas" –small scale war between proslavery and anti-slavery forces.

  9. Kansas Nebraska Act

  10. EVENTS LEADING TO THE CIVIL WARDred Scott Decision 1857 (Dred Scott v. Sanford) Dred Scott Decision 1857 (Dred Scott v. Sanford) • Dred Scott, a slave, sues for his freedom b/c his master took him to Illinois which was a free state • Supreme Court ruled 7-2 againstScott • Blacks are notcitizens & therefore can not sue in Federal Court • 5th Amendment –property cannot be taken without due process of the law

  11. Dred Scott Decision 1857 (Dred Scott v. Sanford)

  12. EVENTS LEADING TO THE CIVIL WARJohn Brown's Raid (1859) • Radical abolitionist who attempted to raid anarsenal in Harper’s Ferry, Va. • Caught & executed,heroin the North but brings panic to the South

  13. John Brown's Raid (1859)

  14. EVENTS LEADING TO THE CIVIL WARElection of Lincoln & the Republican Party (1860) Election of Lincoln & the Republican Party (1860) • Immediate cause of the war • Republican Party was formed to stop the spread of slavery • Lincoln wins in a 4-way race • Starting with South Carolina, southern states start tosecede from the Union

  15. Election of Lincoln & the Republican Party (1860)

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