Causes of the Civil War Flashcards
What did the compromise of 1850 do
Passed the fugitive slave act
Ended slave trade in Washington DC
California upset balance
Define abolition
An act To end slavery
What did Uncle Tom’s Cabin encourage?
Encouraged the fight against slavery and showed the hardships of slavery
Who was John Brown
Led a raid into Harpers Fairy Virginia to encourage the fight against slavery and to get slaves to rebel
Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe
She wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin. This book encourage the abolitionist movement and the ban of slavery.
Who was Dred Scott
He was sued for his freedom
Supreme Court stated that slaves were property
Missouri compromise = unconstitutional
What did William Lloyd Garrison do?
He published a newspaper, The Liberator, and helped lead the successful abolitionist campaign against slavery in the United States
What were the effects of the Kansas - Nebraska Act
-Popular sovereignty was created (states could choose to be slave or free states
-It didn’t follow the Missouri compromise
-1861 Kansas = free state
-The Republicans party was created to stop slavery from spreading
-caused violence
Why did the Southern States secede?
-Abraham Lincoln was elected
-South thought he would get rid of slavery so they created the Confederate States of America
What did the fugitive slave law do?
-was a crime to help re-capture run-away slaves
-Slaves could be arrested and taken/returned to their owners
-Northerners = against this act
-South believed they had the right to have their “property” returned
What did state rights provide?
They had the right to ignore or follow federal laws
What were the effects of the Missouri Compromise?
-main = admitted as free state
-Missouri = admitted as slave state
-slavery was banned north of the 36º30º line (Missouri’s southern border)
-THIS COMPROMISE TRIED TO KEEP THE FREE STATES AND THE SLAVE STATES EQUAL!
How did the north and south differ economically?
NORTH:
-North relied on factories
-relied on manufacturing
-relied on immigrants as their labor force
SOUTH:
-relied on slaves for their labor force
-relied on agricultural land
-used farms
-creation of cotton gin = increase in slave population.
