Transcript Events Leading up to the Civil War

Events Leading up
to the Civil War
Jesse Bell
Sam Vachon
The Northern Abolitionist
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Abolitionist opposed
slavery
Escaped slave, John
Douglass was a key
leader in the
abolishment of
slavery.
The Northern states
became “free states”.
Fugitive Slave Act
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In 1850 the Fugitive
Slave Act was passed
as part of the
Compromise of 1850.
This forced any
official who didn’t
arrest a run-away
slave liable to pay a
fine.
Well…
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The compromise of
1850 was a
compromise made
to decide weather
or not slavery
would be allowed in
the new southern
states.
Bleeding Kansas
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During and before
the war, Kansas
was a borderland
between the Union
and the
Confederacy.
Kansas was seen
as the front of the
war.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
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This act served to appeal the Missouri Compromise.
It allowed the people of Kansas and Nebraska to
decide for themselves if they wanted slave or not.
Mexican/American War
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1846
United States chose
to go into northern
Mexico as an attempt
to win land.
Controversial because
Americans claimed an
unofficial border, that
Mexicans crossed.
Truce Made
• Mexico and USA made peace, after suffering
thousands casualties.
• USA gains Land North of Rio Grande
• Santa Anna was banished
• USA eventually pays $15,000,000 to Mexico for
the land
Dred Scott Decision
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1857
Black man lost his
case against the
government even
though he was held
as a slave in a free
state.
Abraham Lincoln Elected President
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Republican From
Illinois
Election held
November 6th 1860
Opposed to Slavery
South Carolina and 6
other states seceded
from the union, form
confederacy.
BOOM! CIVIL WAR
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North Declares war
on South
Union V. Confederacy
War Starts because of
the controversial topic
of Slavery.
 Sources Cited 
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http://www.american.about.com/od/civilw
armenu/tp/secssionevents.htm
www.civil-war.net/pages/timeline.asp