Causes Of The Civil War Fraifer

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    Causes Of The Civil War

  • Missouri Compromise

     Missouri Compromise
    The people that were Henry Clay the North and the South. I think the South was affected because they were afraid that he North would interfere with there way of life.This is how it happened Missouri wanted to join the Union as a slave state but the South wanted a new place to grow cotton. So Henry Clay said that there would be a line that slaves there would be no slavery North of the line and there could be slavery South of the line.
  • Nat Turner's Rebellion

     Nat Turner's Rebellion
    The people that were invovled in this event was Nat Turner, some slaves, and some Southerners. The people that were affected were Nat Turner, 100 slaves, and 57 Southerners. This is what happened Nat Turner and some slaves made a war to kill the south and the South won. This added to the tensions beetween the North and the South because Nat Turner and some slaves went to kill the South the South got mad the North got mad because they killed Nat Turner and 100 slaves.
  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850
    The person that was involved was Henry Clay. The thing that affected the North and the South was that the Southerners accused Northerners they wanted to destroy slavery, the Northerners accused the Southerners they wanted to keep slavery. It happened like this the South got two things, the North got CF into the Union, and stopped sales of slavery WS DC the South said that UT and NM could to either allow slavery or not. They passed a law that Northerners had to capture runaway slaves.
  • Dred Scott Decision

    Dred Scott Decision
    Dred Scott and Sandford were involved in this decision. The person who was affected was Dred Scott verdict.This is how Dred Scott's happenned, the Supreme Court denied Dred Scott’s right to declare his freedom, because he was not an official citizen of the United Slaves. this added to the tensions becausethe court decision that’s Dred Scott does not have the right to announce his freedom.
  • John Brown Rebellion

    John Brown Rebellion
    The people that were invovled were John Brown and his five sons. John Brown was affected in this event. This is what happened, John Brown and his five sons went to free slave sbut failed and John Brown got hung. This added tensions to the North and the South because John Brown and his five sons were not allowed to be freeing slaves.
  • Election of 1860

    Election of 1860
    The people that were involved in this election were Abraham Lincoln, John Bell, John C. Breckinridge, Stephen A. Douglas, and Jefferson Davis. The people that were affected were the voters because they didnot want Abraham Lincoln to win the election. This is how it happened Abraham Lincoln was against 7 candidates and became president of the North and the South. this added to the tensions because Abraham lincoln would want to stop slavery.
  • Secession

    Secession
    The people that were invovled in this event were the North, the South, the Federal Goverment, and the U.S. Constution. The United States becomes affected because South Carolina leaves the United States. This is how it happened South Carolina leaves the United States and becomes it's own country know as the Confedracy and then they become the Union and the Confedracy. This adds to the tesions because South Carolia leaves the United States.