causes of the civil war

1. wilmot proriso

1.1. The proviso forbade slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico.

2. compromise of 1850

2.1. the admission of California as a free state, provided for a territorial government for Utah and New Mexico.

3. missouri compromise

3.1. This legislation admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state at the same time.

4. dred scott

4.1. 1850 the state court declared Scott free, the verdict was reversed in 1852 by the Missouri

5. uncle toms cabin

5.1. People in the North had to return runaway slaves to the South

6. cotton gin

6.1. The cotton gin is a device for removing the seeds from cotton fiber.

7. slave revalts

7.1. Few slave rebellions were systematically planned, and most were merely spontaneous and quite short-lived disturbances.

8. manifest destiny

8.1. the concept of American exceptionalism, that is, the belief that America occupies a special place.

9. election of 1860

9.1. The national outcome of the 1860 election gave Lincoln a victory in both the popular vote and the electoral vote.

10. lincoln douglas debates

10.1. Douglas accusing Lincoln of being an abolitionist while Lincoln accused Douglas of wanting to nationalize slavery.

11. raid on harpers ferry

11.1. October 16, 1859

12. fort sumter

12.1. Fort Sumter is a sea fort built on an artificial island near Charleston

13. bleeding kansas

13.1. During Bleeding Kansas, murder, mayhem, destruction and psychological warfare.

14. underground ratoad

14.1. The Underground Railroad started at the place of enslavement.