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- 18524.) Republican Party Formed- 1854 5.) Kansas Nebraska Act- May 30, 1854 6.) Pottamatomie Massacre- May 24, 18567.) Dred Scott Decision- March 18578.) John Brown's raid- October 16, 18599.) 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