Road to Civil War Flashcards
The Constitution says what about slavery?
Nothing!!!
Kentucky & Virginia Resolutions 1798
Allowed state rights
Louisiana Purchase 1798
Bought northern territories from France
Missouri Compromise 1820
11 free states + 11 slave states
Red line exists (south=slave, north=free)
Missouri and Maine
Result from Mexican American War
America stole Southwestern land which becomes free states
People who traveled to California Gold Rush
Poor people w/o slaves came to get gold
CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR
- No rival, caused by slavery
- States rights
- Sectionalism (N+S were different)
- Fanatics
Compromise of 1850
California became a free state (due to poor ppl in gold rush)
New states use popular sovereignty (citizen majority vote) to decide if they wanted to be free/slaves states
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Book written by Harriet Beecher Stove (white lady) about the life of a slave.
Makes people realize the horror of slavery
Starts the war (according to Abraham Lincoln)
Kansas/Nebraska Act 1854
No more red line! Popular sovereignty determines free/slave states
Bleeding Kansas 1854
People across the US travel to Kansas to vote for free/slave state, causes both sides to fight
John Brown
Anti-slave from east coast, kills 5 people during Bleeding Kansas and attempts raid in Harper’s Ferry
Sumner Vs. Brooks
Sumner criticized Brook’s uncle Butler
Brooks beats Sumner w/ cane
Brooks quits his job as US senator
Brooks manages to become US Rep despite not being a candidate (and gets sent new canes)
The Republican Party
Formed over anti-slavery beliefs
Wanted free soil movement (new states must be free states)
The Free Soil Party
Free soil, but not necessarily free men (wanted to stop the SPREAD of slavery)
Election of 1856
Republicans say “no more spread of slavery”
Democrats win
Republicans have huge showing in election (more ppl become anti-slavery)
Convincing north is more effective since they have bigger population
Dred Scott Decision 1857
Slaves are property, and therefore cannot sue/send cases in court
Abraham Lincoln vs. Stephen Douglas for President 1858
Lincoln (anti slave-expansion) and Stephen (popular sovereignty) competed for a seat in IL state senate
Anti-slave expansion vs Popular Sovereignty became opposing stances on slavery
John Brown Raid 1859
starts raid in Harper’s Ferry to provide slaves with weapons for slave insurrection. He gets caught and executed
Result of Election of 1860
Lincoln becomes president (despite not candidate)
South Carolina + other states separate from Union and drafts new constitution for Confederate States of America.
Government doesn’t stop them, but Lincoln wants to save the Union with “no compromises”: “My goal is to save the Union
List of Border States
Delaware
Maryland
Kentucky
Missouri
West Virginia
Year of start of Civil War
1861
