Leading to a Civil War

Events leading to the Secession of the South

Political Sectionalism

Political SectionalismConstitutional Compromises of 1788Slaves to count as 3/5 of a free personSlave trade to end in twenty years

Political SectionalismMissouri Compromise of 1820Missouri - slave stateMaine - free stateNew states into the Union have to be balanced: one free/one slave

The Missouri Compromise

Political SectionalismCompromise of 1850California a free stateSlavery not made illegal in Utah and New Mexico Territories.

Slave and Free Territories Under the Compromise of 1850

Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)

It gave people living there the choice to It gave people living there the choice to voting for or against slavery in the state. voting for or against slavery in the state.

Hundreds moved in to “vote.” Hundreds moved in to “vote.” Tempers FLARED, and over 200 people Tempers FLARED, and over 200 people

were killed in the dispute.were killed in the dispute. Nicknamed Nicknamed “ Bleeding Kansas”“ Bleeding Kansas”

The Kansas Nebraska Act

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What does the previous map tell you What does the previous map tell you about the political balance and the issue about the political balance and the issue of slavery?of slavery?

What potential problems did the Utah What potential problems did the Utah and New Mexico Territories represent?and New Mexico Territories represent?

How could those problems be resolved How could those problems be resolved politically? politically?

The Kansas Nebraska Act

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Do you think the slave states voted as a Do you think the slave states voted as a bloc?bloc?

Why? Or why not?Why? Or why not?

The Election of 1860

The Confederate States of America