Road to the Civil War

Northwest Ordinance

• 1787• Described how ______________

would be governed.• Slavery was _______________.

How would this lead to Civil War?

Northwest Territory

outlawed

Missouri Compromise

• 1820• Missouri added as _________ state

and Maine as a __________ state, keeping balance between free and slave states.• Had Missouri entered as a

__________ state, south may have ________________.

freeseceded

slavefree

Nullification Crisis

• 1828• South was upset by

“____________________________”• John C. Calhoun (VP) and South Carolina

threatened to ______________.• Henry Clay helped them arrive at a

compromise

Tariff of Abominations

secede

Wilmot Proviso

• The Proviso says there ___________________ be slavery in the Mexican Cession.

• Congress votes on the Proviso and it is _______________________________.

• The ______________________________ is created, making slavery a major political issue.

will not

Free Soil Party

rejected

Compromise of 1850

• Written by _______________

• State of California = _____________________

• Rest of Mexican Cession = ______________________

Henry Clay

free state

open to slavery

Fugitive Slave Act

• Law that helps return ____________________ to their owners.

• Northerners were forced to ______________ _____________________________________

• Big question in the North: Should we _________________, or should we __________________________________?

• Makes Northerners unable to ignore slavery

runaway slaves

follow the lawfight against slavery

runaway slaves to their ownersreturn

“Uncle Tom’s Cabin”

• Written by ___________________________• ___________________ story showing the

_______________________ of slavery.

• South: _______________________________• North: _______________________________

Harriet Beecher Stowefictional

cruelty

angered by the negative portrayal

more aware; increase abolitionism

Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Written by _________________________• Divide the Nebraska Territory into two

territories: ____________ and ____________• How do we decide about the issue of

slavery? _____________________________________

• Leads to the repeal of the ____________________________________

Stephen A. Douglas

Kansas Nebraska

popular sovereignty—people vote

Missouri Compromise

“Bleeding Kansas”

• _______ slavery vs. ________ slavery• People from ________________ come to vote

illegally to insure that there _______________• Anti-slavery supporters become angry and

form their own ________________________• Violence erupted between the two sides,

leading to the name _____________________

pro antiMissouri

is slavery

government

“Bleeding Kansas”

Charles Sumner Attack

• After seeing the violence in Kansas, ______________ delivers a speech against the pro-slavery forces

• _______________________ is offended by the comments and attacks _____________ with his cane, hitting him ______ times

Sumner

Preston BrooksSumner30

Dred Scott Case• Scott was a slave in ___________________• Traveled to a territory with no __________,

returned to Missouri, owner dies• _________ sues for his ________________• Roger B. Taney: “Scott is not ______________,

so he cannot sue. Plus he is a _____________ since he lived in Missouri.”

• Laws prohibiting slavery in a territory are __________________ and slaves are ___________________, not _______________.

Scott

slaveryMissouri

slave

unconstitutionalproperty people

a citizenfreedom

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

• Debate for ____________ in ______________• Slavery:– Lincoln: _________________________________

– Douglas: ________________________________

• ________________ wins, _______________ becomes nationally recognized

stop it from spreading

LincolnDouglas

IllinoisSenate

allow pop. sovereignty to decide

John Brown’s Attack on Harper’s Ferry

• John Brown is an extreme _______________• Wants to inspire others to fight for ________

_____________________________________• Plans an attack on a ___________________ in

Harper’s Ferry, Virginia• Gains little _____________, and is stopped

quickly• Convicted of __________ and __________

the abolition of slaveryfederal aresenal

support

murdertreason

abolitionist

Election of 1860

• ______ person race: Lincoln, Breckinridge, Douglas, Bell

• Lincoln and Breckinridge get the most votes, but _____________ wins, because the North has a _________________________________

• Lincoln says he will not work to ___________ slavery, but the South does not believe him and begin to ______________.

greater populationLincoln

secede

abolish

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