Monday, May 4, 2015

Events Leading to the Civil War

The Missouri Compromise was an effort made by the federal govt. to compromise sectional and political rivalries by allowing Missouri to be a "slave state".
The Wimont Proviso was an event leading up to the civil war that allowed any land gained during the Mexican war to be slave free.
A map of the Compromise of 1850
In 1850 senator Clay introduced the Compromise of 1850 to relieve rising tensions between the North and South which part of it included the Fugitive Slave Act

 A picture of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin is an anti-slave novel written in 1852, that many say persuaded and helped caused the Civil War.

 A map of the Kansas Nebraska Act
The Kansas Nebraska Act was an act that opened new land for settlement that did not play in part with the Missouri Compromise, because in this new land people had the option to decided whether or not slavery would be allowed.


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