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Events Leading To the Civil War
Missouri Compromise
The Louisiana Purchase was made in 1803.
Before this purchase there were 22 states: 11 free states and 11 slave states
Missouri Compromise
Slave states permitted slavery; free states did not permit slavery.
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise line was drawn at 36°30’ N. Everything north of this line was considered a free state.
Missouri Compromise
Missouri was admitted as a slave state, and Maine was admitted as a free state.
Antislavery Movement
The ACS supported the freedom of slaves and their removal back to Africa.
Antislavery Movement
The nation of Liberia in W. Africa grew out of the work of the ACS.
Antislavery Movement
Emancipation is another word for freedom.
Antislavery Movement
William Lloyd Garrison published the antislavery newspaper, The Liberator.
Antislavery Movement
John Brown: led a raid on the federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia. He hoped to provoke a slave rebellion; instead, he was captured and executed.
Nullification Crisis
States Rights: The belief that the rights of the states should prevail over the rights of the federal government.
Nullification Crisis
Tariff: A tax on imports
Nullification Crisis
nullify: To prevent the enforcement of
Nullification Crisis
Congress passed a bill that denied the states the right to nullify a law.
Nullification Crisis
John C. Calhoun wrote the South Carolina Exposition
Compromise of 1850
The Republican party was formed to oppose slavery
Compromise of 1850
Popular sovereignty: A vote by people living in an area
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 admitted CA as a free state, and stated that slavery in some of the other western territories would be determined by popular sovereignty
Compromise of 1850
The Kansas/Nebraska Act permitted the people of Kansas to decide upon slavery.
Compromise of 1850
Secession is the withdrawal from the Union
1860 Election
There were 4 political parties in the election of 1860.
1860 Election
Democrats: Stephen Douglas Southern Democrats: John C.
Breckinridge
Constitutional Union Party: John BellRepublican: Abraham Lincoln
1860 Election 1860 Election
platform: The principles and policies that a party supports.
1860 Election
Democrats: Supported popular sovereignty
Southern Democrats: Supported slavery
Const. Union Party: wanted to peacefully hold the Union together.
1860 Election
Republican: Opposed Slavery