Causes of the Civil War-History AliveMissouri Compromise 1820Chapter 20.3-4, pages 276-278

Compromise of 1850Chapter 20.5-6, pages 279-281

Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854Pages 281-284

Dred Scott Decision 1857Pages 284-287

Compromise and ConflictMissouri Compromise 1820

Should states join the Union as free or slave states?

Compromise of 1850

Should territories make political decisions (popularsovereignty)?

Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854

Why was it called Bleeding Kansas?

Dred Scott Decision 1857

How did this court decision for one man’s situation affect the North and the South?

Missouri Compromise 1820

• Missouri – join as a slave state• Maine – join as a free state• Imaginary line to separate North (free

states) from South (slave states)• Developed by Senator Henry Clay of

Kentucky (also known as the Great Compromiser)

Compromise of 1850• California –free• Territories of Utah and New Mexico will

decide for themselves• Fugitive Slave Law - law passed as part of

the compromise ordering citizens to help catch fugitives (person running away)

• Many northerners refused to obey the law• Slaves had to be returned to slavery

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

• Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe• She was against the Fugitive Slave Act• Sold 300,000 copies in one year• Caused further divisions between the North

and the South

Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854

• Developed by Stephen Douglass• Reversed the Missouri Compromise• No more imaginary line to separate

North and South, free or slave• States will decide for themselves (vote)• Both sides rushed to Kansas to vote• Resulted in Bleeding Kansas (fighting)

Dred Scott Decision 1857

• Dred Scott asked the court for freedom• Congress said cannot keep slavery out of

the territories (this angered Northerners)• Declaration of Independence didn’t mean

“all men are created equal”• Blacks have no rights• Scott must remain a slave