CPUSH 8 October 2015 To Do: -Research Paper Proposal Final Draft: 10/9 (Friday) EQ: What are the causes for the Civil War? Agenda: -Causes of Civil War Notes -Exit Slip You will need 1 piece(s) of paper THE CIVIL WAR The Blue and Grey Main Causes of the Civil War 1. Sectional Issues Cultural differences Economic differences Social differences STATES RIGHTS ISSUES Slavery in the South of Southern white population did not own slaves. Many whites supported slavery because they wanted to eventually own a slave or two and achieve the "American dream" of moving up socially in society Main Causes of the Civil War 2. Political Issues Congressional Power New Territories Slavery An Escalating Problem Missouri Compromise 1820 Texas Annexation 1845 Compromise of 1850 What do these decisions have in common? New Territories Gold Rush The Bear Republic Compromise of 1850 North: CA enters as a free state South: Fugitive Slave Law Both?: popular sovereignty New Territories Popular sovereignty: citizens of each territory would vote on the issue of slavery. Free Soil Party: Antislavery Northerners determined to keep new territories from admitting slavery. New Territories Kansas-Nebraska Act Popular sovereignty Cancels MO Compromise Bleeding Kansas Bully Brooks Dred Scott v. Sanford, 1857 Dred Scott v. Sanford Slaves are property, not people Slaves cannot be taken away from their masters without due process Slavery could exist in the North Main Causes of the Civil War 3. Abolitionism Slave Rebellion Uncle Toms Cabin Abolitionists Slave Rebellion Severity of slavery in the South Methods of rebellion Nat Turners Rebellion Underground Railroad John Brown Violent abolitionist who used militant actions to abolish slavery Commanded forces in battles in the Bleeding Kansas campaign At Pottawatomie Creek he killed and chopped up 5 slavery supporters. Raid on Harpers Ferry: Brown raided a federal arsenal in hopes of inciting slave rebellion. It failed, and he was tried, convicted, and hanged. He became an instant martyr for the abolitionist cause. Uncle Toms Cabin A novel dramatizing the cruelties of slavery It touched readers emotionally and created widespread antislavery support among northerners Sold 300,000 copies in the first year Different perspectives of the book: NorthernersSoutherners What kinda Yankee abolitionist propaganda is this?! What a horribly cruel system! Sojourner Truth- freed black woman who fought for black emancipation and women's rights. Frederick Douglass- lectured widely for abolitionism; looked to politics to end slavery. Was a consultant for Abraham Lincoln. Main Causes of the Civil War 4. The Republican Party Creation Election of 1860 The Republican Party Members Free-Soilers, abolitionists Almost exclusively Northerners Platform Modernization, anti- slavery Election of 1860 Lincoln-Douglas Debates Election of 1860 Lincolns promise South Carolinas threat Exit Slip What were the causes for the Civil War?