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Causes of the Civil War. Steve Bass Meadowbrook. Causes:. Compromises Slavery Anti-Slavery Forces. Compromises:. Declaration of Independence-1776 Constitution-1787 Missouri-1820 1850. Declaration of Independence- 1776. North- Accepts slavery as part of Union
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Causes of the Civil War • Steve Bass • Meadowbrook
Causes: • Compromises • Slavery • Anti-Slavery Forces
Compromises: • Declaration of Independence-1776 • Constitution-1787 • Missouri-1820 • 1850
Declaration of Independence- 1776 • North- Accepts slavery as part of Union • South- Agrees to support Revolution
Constitution-1787 • 3/5 Compromise- Slaves count for Population & Taxes • Great Compromise- Senate and a House
Missouri Compromise of 1820 • Maine = Free • Missouri = Slave • Stop the future of slavery at the 36* 30’ line- • West of Mississippi and • North of Missouri’s Southern Boundary
Compromise of 1850 • California = Free State • No Public Sale of Slaves in D.C. • Utah and New Mexico = Slave Territories • Strict and Harsh Fugitive Slave Law in the North
Abolitionists- Worked to Abolish Slavery • William Lloyd Garrison- • Published a newspaper called the “Liberator” • Sojourner Truth- Conductor • Harriet Tubman- Conductor • Harriet Beecher Stowe- • Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 • Popular Sovereignty- allows the people of the area to decide if they want to be a slave state • Led to “Bleeding Kansas”- Mostly Northern farmers but Southern ruffians were sent in- over 200 settlers died
Dred Scott Decision-1857 • A slave who was living in free territory sued for his freedom • Supreme Court Justice Roger Taney said: “no way” • Slaves can’t sue • Slaves are property • States that Congress cannot specify where slavery can exist • Missouri Compromise/ 1850 Compromise become unconstitutional