Causes of the Civil War

  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise
    The Missouri Compromise was to keep slave states and free states even.
  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850
    The compromise of 1850 was when there were 5 different provisions and slave trade was ended in Washington D.C.
  • Fugitive Slave Act

    Fugitive Slave Act
    The Fugitive Slave Act was an act requiring all citizens to help catch African Americans trying to escape slavery.
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin Published

    Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
    Uncle Tom's Cabin is a book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It showed the evils of slavery and changed how northerners view it.
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act
    This act allowed settlers in all territories to vote to decide weather or not to have slavery in their state.
  • Dred Scott Case

    Dred Scott Case
    Dred Scott was a slave to his owner. But, then, they moved to a territory where slavery was abolished. Then, He filled a lawsuit.
  • John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry

    John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
    This raid carried the anti-slavery campaign and persuaded many people to revolt. John Brown and a group of people including African Americans went and revolted. It failed and he died.
  • Election of 1860

    Election of 1860
    The election of 1860 was when the North outvoted the South. Abraham Lincoln wasn't on the ballet for the South, so the South got mad.
  • South Carolina secedes

    South Carolina secedes
    S.C. was the first state to secede. They were followed by Alabama, Florida,Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.