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Explore the key events that led to the Civil War, including political sectionalism, the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Understand the tensions surrounding slavery and the formation of the Confederate States of America.
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Leading to a Civil War • Events leading to the Secession of the South Political Sectionalism
Political Sectionalism Constitutional Compromises of 1788 Slaves to count as 3/5 of a free person Slave trade to end in twenty years
Political Sectionalism Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri - slave state Maine - free state New states into the Union have to be balanced: one free/one slave
Political Sectionalism Compromise of 1850 California a free state Slavery not made illegal in Utah and New Mexico Territories.
Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) • It gave people living there the choice to vote for or against slavery in the state. • Hundreds moved in to “vote.” • Tempers FLARED, and over 200 people were killed in the dispute. • Nicknamed “ Bleeding Kansas”
What does the previous map tell you about the political balance and the issue of slavery? • What potential problems did the Utah and New Mexico Territories represent? • How could those problems be resolved politically?
Do you think the slave states voted as a bloc? • Why? Or why not?