Transcript Nat Turner`s Rebellion

Causes of the Civil War
Susan O’Neill
This photo shows the hanging of John Brown for treason,
attacking a government arsenal and leading a rebellion
against the government.
Missouri Compromise
Missouri Compromise
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Henry Clay, the Great compromiser
Missouri admitted as a slave state
Maine admitted as a free state
US divided at the 36°30' parallel line
• States north would be free
• State south would be slave
EFFECT—in the Senate free state votes and
slave state votes were balanced
Nat
Turner’s
Rebellion
On August 13, there was an atmospheric disturbance in which the sun
appeared bluish-green. This was the final sign, and a week later,
on August 21, Turner and six of his men met in the woods to eat a
dinner and make their plans. At 2:00 that morning, they set out to
the Travis household, where they killed the entire family as they
lay sleeping. They continued on, from house to house, killing all of
the white people they encountered.
Turner's force eventually consisted of more than 40 slaves, most on
horseback. …In the end, the rebels had stabbed, shot and clubbed
at least 55 white people to death.
EFFECT—
•Stronger slave codes
•Fear among plantation
owenrs
Nat Turner hid in several
different places near the
Travis farm, but on October
30 was discovered and
captured. His "Confession,"
dictated to physician
Thomas R. Gray, was taken
while he was imprisoned in
the County Jail. On
November 5, Nat Turner
was tried in the
Southampton County Court
and sentenced to
execution. He was hanged
on November 11.
The Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850
NORTH
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California is a free state
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Slave trade banned in Washington, DC
SOUTH
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Stronger fugitive slave laws
• Sent slave catchers to get slaves
• Anyone who hides slaves—jail or fines
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New Mexico & Utah Territories-decide for
themselves
• Popular sovereignty—people choose (slave or free)
EFFECT- the senate was no longer balanced in
votes between slave and free states
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Uncle Tom's Cabin:
or
Life Among the Lowly
•A novel
•Life under 3 owners
•2 kind
•1 cruel
•Wildly popular in North
•Forbidden in the South
EFFECT—Abraham
Lincoln remarked,
“So you are the little
lady that caused this
big war/”
States before the
Kansas-Nebraska Act
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854
Kansas-Nebraska Act
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The Kansas-Nebraska Actallowed Kansas & Nebraska
to decide whether they
wanted slavery
Brought an end to the
Missouri Compromise
Became a political issue
open for debate and led to
formation of the Republican
party.
EFFECT
•Replaced the Compromise of 1850
•Caused “bleeding Kansas”
“Bleeding Kansas”
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Nebraska was so far north that its
future as a free state was never in
question. But Kansas was next to the
slave state of Missouri. In an era that
would come to be known as "Bleeding
Kansas," the territory would become a
battleground over the slavery question.
The reaction from the North was
immediate. 1,200 New England
abolitionists had made the journey to
the new territory, armed to fight for
freedom.
Rumors had spread through the South
that 20,000 Northerners were
descending on Kansas, and in
November 1854, thousands of armed
Southerners, mostly from Missouri,
poured over the line to vote for a
proslavery congressional delegate.
Violence soon erupted, with the
anti-slavery forces led by John
Brown. The territory earned the
nickname "bleeding Kansas" as
the death toll rose.
Dred Scott Decision
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EFFECT
In March of 1857, the United States
Supreme Court, declared that all
blacks -- slaves as well as free -were not and could never become
citizens of the United States.
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1857
The case before the court was
that of Dred Scott v. Sanford.
Dred Scott, a slave who had lived
in the free state of Illinois and the
free territory of Wisconsin
When his master died, he was
sent back to the slave state of
Missouri.
He appealed to the Supreme Court
in hopes of being granted his
freedom.
Because Scott was black, he was
not a citizen and therefore had no
right to sue.
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
The Lincoln-Douglas debates
were a series of formal
political debates between
Abraham Lincoln and Stephen
A. Douglas in a campaign for
one of Illinois' two United
States Senate seats. Although
Lincoln lost the election,
these debates launched him
into national prominence
which eventually led to his
election as President of the
United States.
"Harpers Ferry"
Arsenal 1859
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After “Bleeding Kansas” John
Brown returned to the east and
began to think more seriously
about his plan for a war in Virginia
against slavery. He sought money
to fund an "army" he would lead.
On October 16, 1859, he and 21
other men -- 5 blacks and 16
whites -- raided the federal
arsenal at Harpers Ferry.
The first report of the raid at Harpers Ferry
announced that 250 white abolitionists
and a "gang of negroes," all of whom
were armed, had control of the Virginia
town -- a far cry from the 22 men who
actually took part in the raid.
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EFFECT
John Brown became
more powerful in death
than in real life.
Brown was wounded and quickly
captured, and moved to
Charlestown, Virginia, where he
was tried and convicted of
treason.
"No man in America has ever
stood up so persistently and
effectively for the dignity of
human nature. . . ."
John Brown was hanged on
December 2, 1859.
Presidential Election of 1860
Lincoln Elected President
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Fueled by the evergrowing conflict over
the issue of slavery,
the North and the
South during the
1850s were on a
collision course. In
response to the 1860
election of an
antislavery,
Republican president,
Abraham Lincoln,
eleven southern
states seceded from
the Union.
On April 12, 1861 Confederate forces
opened fire on Fort Sumter, SC. The war
between the States had begun.
The Civil War Began
South vs. North
Confederate States of America
v
United States of America
CSA v USA