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Social Studies Solutions
19-20
LONG TERM AND IMMEDIATE
CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR
Key Event
Compromise of 1820
How does it lead to division?
Admitted ______________ as a _____ state and _________
as a _____ state, drew a line to determine the future of
__________, did not settle issue of ________________
Sectionalism
(Slavery, Economics,
Tariffs, Land, etc.)
Each region of the country is only concerned about its _____
__________. ________ favors a high tariff which ______ the
South’s ________, South’s economy is dependent on
___________, while the North __________ opposes it.
Annexation of Texas
Debate over __________ delays Texas becoming a state
Wilmot Proviso
Attempted to _____ slavery in territories gained from
___________war, _____ in Congress
Compromise of 1850
(Stronger Fugitive
Slave Law)
North gets ______________ admitted as a _____ state,
________ gets as stronger ___________ ______ law but the
North didn’t like it, which ___________ tensions
UNCLE TOM’S CABIN
Harriet Beecher Stowe--author
 Depicted evils of slavery to
public
 Uncle Tom— slave
 Simon Legree— cruel slave
owner
 1852—sold over 1 million copies
 Importance:
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The undecided now favor antislavery side
 Angers Southerners, see it as
attack on way of life
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KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT:
1854—popular sovereignty passed as law in
Compromise of 1850 to determine slavery (people of
state vote on slavery)
 Rush to populate state with “voters” for each side
(pro-slavery and abolitionists)
 Result = Bleeding Kansas: slavery and abolitionist
forces resort to violence
 Foreshadows Civil War, shows popular sovereignty
will not work
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A fight in the U.S. Senate:
 Preston Brooks v Charles Sumner—Brooks
beats Sumner with a cane for his attacks on slavery
in the South, foreshadows Civil War
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DRED SCOTT V. SANFORD
 1857
 Scott
is a slave  he is taken into free states 
sues for freedom based on Missouri Compromise
(above line is free) Supreme Court (majority
Southern) rules:
 Blacks are not citizens, slaves are property &
you can take property anywhere
 Can’t ban slavery
 Missouri Compromise is illegal
DEVELOPMENT OF REPUBLICAN PARTY
 Topic
of slavery has come to dominate the
differences in political parties
 By 1850—differences have peaked so that anitslavery Whigs, Democrats, and Free-Soilers:
form a new anti-slavery party
 The Republicans: official party policy was to
oppose the growth of slavery where it didn’t
already exist
LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES
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Senate Race 1858:
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Debate over slavery:
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neither man favored
slavery, so how argue it?
Douglas issues Freeport
Doctrine—
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Stephen Douglas
(Democrat) and Abraham
Lincoln (Republican)
slavery needs certain laws
in order to exist, if you
don’t want slavery don’t
pass the laws and there
will be not slavery
Douglas goes on to win
election, but Lincoln gains
national fame
JOHN BROWN’S RAID
 John
Brown was an extreme abolitionist (no
slavery)
 Attempted to capture Harper’s Ferry (a military
arsenal in Virginia) with the intent to arm slaves to
rebel
 He and his men were surrounded and forced to
surrender
 Brown found guilty and then hanged—becomes a
martyr for abolitionists
 Southerners believe Brown represents Northerners
who want control of the Southern lifestyle and
economy
SOUTHERN SECESSION
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1860 election—
slavery had divided the parties:
Republican Lincoln pledges to stop spread of slavery but not
interfere with South
 Douglas got support of Northern Democrats
 John Breckinridge got Southern Democrats
 John Bell runs under Constitutional Union Party
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LINCOLN’S ELECTION
Lincoln wins election with no southern electoral votes
 Southern states secede (leave) in fear of gov’t where
they have no voice
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Lincoln says states’ don’t have right to secede, main goal is
to preserve the Union
SC is first, followed by 6 others
 Confederated States of America (CSA or South) formed
before Lincoln takes office
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Jefferson Davis is elected Confederate President
“This country will be drenched
in blood…the people of the
North…are not going to
let the country be destroyed
without a might effort to save it…”
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Depicts the ________ of ________________, angers many ______________ people who
now join _____-slavery side, angers ____________ because they see at as an
___________ on their way of life
Kansas-Nebraska
Act
Rules ______________ Compromise unconstitutional, adopts idea of __________
__________ to determine slavery in the ________________, leads to ______________
______________ (pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces fighting)
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Rules that __________ are not __________, slavery can’t be ______, slaves are
___________, angers _________________.
Lincoln-Douglas
Debates
_____________ ____________ issued by Douglas states slavery needs laws to exist, don’t
pass these laws and there will be no slavery, makes ________________ ____________,
demonstrates __________ as a topic of tension between North and South
John Brown’s Raid
___________ sees him as a __________ or hero for the cause, __________ sees Brown as
the North trying to take over South, angers the _________.
Election of 1860
_______________ wins with no ____________ votes, causes __ __ to ___________ from
Union, South feels they have no ____________ in _____________.
Review Questions
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Which event convinced many
Southerners that they had lost their voice
in the national government?
The Dred Scott decision
The issuance of the Freeport Doctrine
John Brown’s raid at Harpers’ Ferry
Lincoln’s election as president
2. Which of the following was the LEAST
divisive issue in the election of 1856?
a. The candidacy of James Buchanan
b. The Kansas-Nebraska Act
c. The expansion of slavery
d. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
3. Why did Kansas become a center of
controversy over the issue of slavery?
a. Because it extended the power of the Missouri
Compromise
b. Because the Kansas-Nebraska Act opened
the territory to slavery and popular sovereignty
c. The Know-Nothing Party disagreed with
opening the territory to slavery
d. All of the above
4. Why did most Free-Soilers object to
slavery?
a. They believed slavery was morally wrong
b. They believed the South should be forced
to industrialize
c. They believed that white workers could
not get jobs in competition w/ slaves
d. The party actually had no opinion on
slavery
5. What was the significance of the Dred
Scott decision?
a. It declared slaves were property
b. It effectively repealed the Missouri
Compromise
c. It stated that because Scott was a slave,
he had no rights in court
d. All of the above
6. What was the significance of the election
of 1856 for Abraham Lincoln?
a. He won the election
b. His debates against his opponent,
Stephen Douglas afforded him national
attention
c. Stephen Douglas became president
d. Lincoln learned nothing about running for
office in the national spotlight
7. “So you’re the little lady that started this
big war,” stated by Lincoln, most likely
refers to whom?
a. Harriet Tubman
b. Harriet Beecher Stowe
c. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
d. Sojourner Truth
Civil War Timeline Part 1
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Create a timeline
(events must be in
order by month and
year)
 Include 2 major facts
about each event—
should include
significance of event!
 Give your timeline a
title
 Include at least 6
pictures total!
 This is the 1st part of
the timeline, you will
complete the 2nd half
later this week.
 Quiz Grade
John Brown’s Raid
 Kansas-Nebraska Act
 Compromise of 1850
 Election of 1860
 Dred Scott v. Sanford
 Compromise of 1820
 Uncle Tom’s Cabin
 Lincoln-Douglas Debates
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TITLE:
(Example of how to construct your timeline below)
Event 1
Date
Event 2
Date
Event 3
Date
Event 4
Date
1. Important
Fact
1. Important
Fact
1. Important
Fact
1. Important
Fact
2. Important
Fact
2. Important
Fact
2. Important
Fact
2. Important
Fact