Transcript The years leading up to the Civil War…

The years
leading up to
the Civil War…
Life in the North
Canals
Factories
Life in the South
Rural Areas
plantations
“Cotton
Kingdom”
Border
States
States located
between the North
(Union) and the South
(Confederacy). They
chose not to secede
and join the
Confederacy.
Abolitionist
A person who
worked to end
slavery before
the Civil War.
Dred Scott
Decision
Dred Scott was a slave
who sued for his freedom
while living in a free state.
The Supreme Court stated
that slaves are not citizens
and cannot sue for
freedom.
John
Brown
Abolitionist who raided a
federal arsenal in Harper’s
Ferry in order to create a
slave uprising. He also
traveled to Kansas in order
to influence the vote on
slavery.
Fugitive
Slave Act
Law which required escaped
slaves to be returned to
their owners in the South.
Escaped slaves were never
truly free while living in
the U.S. This law was
part of the Compromise of
1850.
Missouri
Compromise
An agreement that continued
the balance of slave and free
states in the U.S. Missouri was
admitted to the union as a
SLAVE state, Maine as a FREE
state. It also created an
imaginary line across the U.S.
which divided slavery in the
south with freedom in the
north.
KansasNebraska
Act
1854 act that overturned
the Missouri Compromise.
This said slavery in new
territories would be decided
by popular
sovereignty…regardless of
it’s location either north or
south of the Missouri
Compromise Line.
Secession
The separation of the
southern states from the
United States. Those
states then formed the
Confederate States of
America.
Cottonocracy
The white, wealthy,
southern slave owners who
held the majority of the
political power in the south.
They supported the idea of
secession.
Compromise
of 1850
Another act to keep the
north and south happy.
California entered the union
as a FREE state, and the
Fugitive Slave Act was
created to appease southern
slave owners.
Popular
Sovereignty
The PEOPLE vote and decide
on policies. It was decided
that Kansas and Nebraska
would use popular
sovereignty to decide the
slavery issue.
Election of
1860
The final straw for southern
states!!! Abraham Lincoln
was elected to the
presidency in 1860.
Although he promised not to
outlaw slavery, southern
politicians did not believe
him and chose to secede.