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The Road to the Civil War A Payten Daniel Production What Led to the Civil War? 1.) Compromise of 1850- September 4, 1850 2.) Fugitive Slave Act- September 18, 1850 3.) Uncle Tom's Cabin Published- 1852 4.) Republican Party Formed- 1854 5.) Kansas Nebraska Act- May 30, 1854 6.) Pottamatomie Massacre- May 24, 1856 7.) Dred Scott Decision- March 1857 8.) John Brown's raid- October 16, 1859 9.) Abraham Lincoln Is Elected President- November 6, 1860 10.) Confederate states of America formed- February 4, 1861 Compromise of 1850 • passed on September 4, 1850 • package of 5 bills • stopped a four year confrontation between the South and the North that arose from the expectation of territorial expansion and the Texas annexation • results: Texas gave up it’s claim on New Mexico but received debt relief and the Texas Panhandle, and retained control over El Paso Fugitive Slave Act • passed on September 18,1850 • passed by the United States Congress • results: laws that helped provide for the return of slaves who escaped from one state into another or into a public territory Uncle Tom’s Cabin • an anti-slavery novel • written by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe • had an effect on attitudes towards African Americans and slavery in the U.S. • results: the novel intensified the seasonal conflict leading to the American Civil War Republican Party Formed Kansas Nebraska Act • created the territories Kansas and Nebraska • allowed settlers to determine if they would allow slavery within their boundaries • results: opponents denounced the law because it let settlers decide whether or not to allow slavery and the republican party tried to stop the expansion of slavery Pottawatomie Massacre • reaction to the “sacking” of Lawrence, Kansas • John Brown and other abolitionist killed 5 pro-slavery • killed them north of Pottawatomie Creek in Franklin County, Kansas • this event also became as “Bleeding Kansas” Dred Scott Decision • was an African American slave who’s master brought him to free soil, but his master had to bring him back to slave ground a few years later • when his master died, Scott wanted to go back to free soil but Congress voted against and he had to stay • result: this had the effect of widening the political and social gap between the North and South John Brown’s Raid • John Brown led 18 men into Harpers Ferry Virginia • they seized federal buildings and cut telegraph wires to provoke and uproar of African Americans • after half his men were killed, Brown was arrested and was hanged in Charles Town • results: the raid confirmed for many Southerners the existence of a widespread Northern plot against slavery and it further polarized the North and the South Abraham Lincoln Becomes President • After his election, South Carolina and six other states succeeded from the Union • Lincoln agreed the with the majority of the Republican Party that the South was becoming to powerful • Made a platform that slavery was not to be extended to any new territories or states added to the Union Confederate States Are Formed