what caused the civil war?
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WHAT CAUSED THE CIVIL WAR?. N. O SLAVERY. ORTH. Section alism - loyalty to your part of the country. 1 A GUN. S. LAVERY. OUTH. The Cotton Gin – Much faster than doing it by hand. Makes cotton more profitable. The Cotton Gin – A device used to separate cotton from its seeds. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
WHAT CAUSED THE CIVIL WAR?
1 A GUN N
SLAVERY
O SLAVERYSectionalism - loyalty to your part of the country
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OUTH
The Cotton Gin – A device used to separate cotton from its seeds
2 A SHOE The Cotton Gin – Much faster than doing it by hand. Makes cotton more profitable.
More cotton makes
plantation owners more
money
more moneyencourages Plantation
owners to buy more land
When they buy more land the
plantation ownersneed more slaves to work the land
more slaves working more land produces more cotton
American Expansion1800 - 1853
DO NOW: Answer the following question:Why do you think Westward expansion would complicate the issue of slavery?
3 A TREE
3 A TREEWestward Expansion America expands westward and adds new states. Problem: Will the new states be “Slave States” or “Free States” ?(No Slavery)
3 A TREE FREEWestward Expansion If more states are admitted as “Free” then the anti-slavery North will have a majority in Congress . and control the future of America N
3 A TREESLAVEWestward Expansion But, If more states are admitted as “Slave” States then the pro-slavery South will have a majority in Congress .
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3 A TREEThe side with the most states has the most representation in Congress and can control the future of slavery in America
4 A DOOR
My Door !
4 A DOOR
My Door !
4 A DOOR Compromise Fails – Attempts to decide how to deal with slavery fail to solve the issue.
the Missouri Compromise of 1820, allowed the free and slave states to remain balanced with the admissions of Missouri and Maine as slave and free states. My
Door !
4 A DOOR Compromise Fails – Attempts to decide how to deal with slavery fail to solve the issue.
the Missouri Compromise of 1820, PROBLEM: failure to continue the admission of states in pairs of free and slave led to an imbalance
My Door !
4 A DOOR Compromise Fails – Attempts to decide how to deal with slavery fail to solve the issue.
the Missouri Compromise of 1820, Also limits slavery in the Western Territories North of the line of Missouri’s Southern border
My Door !
No Slavery
Slavery OK
4 A DOOR Compromise Fails – Attempts to decide how to deal with slavery fail to solve the issue.
The Compromise of 1850, California is admitted as a Free state even though half of it falls below the Missouri Compromise line.
My Door !
4 A DOOR Compromise Fails – Attempts to decide how to deal with slavery fail to solve the issue.
My Door !
The Compromise of 1850, Strengthens the Fugitive Slave Act which angers the North and preserves slavery in Washington DC.
4 A DOOR Compromise Fails – Attempts to decide how to deal with slavery fail to solve the issue.
The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 allows white male settlers in those territories to vote and decide if they to want to allow slavery. (popular sovereignty )
My Door !
5 A HIVE The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 allows popular sovereignty - settlers in
those territories are to decide by voting whether or not they would allow slavery.
5 A HIVE PROBLEM ! Settlers swarm across the border into Kansas. From the North come
abolitionists and from the South people called “Border Ruffians” who want Kansas to be a slave state.
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5 A HIVEBLEEDING KANSAS !
The violence that breaks out between the two groups is so much that the Territory becomes known as
____________________ _______________________ .
5 A HIVE One man drawn to the violent conflict in Kansas in a fanatical abolitionist named
John Brown ____________________ _______________________ .
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
6 SOME STICKS
The Rise of the Abolitionist Movement – A growing feeling in the North that slavery is evil and should be abolished.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
An anti-slavery novel by abolitionist author Harriet Beecher Stowe The novel depicts the reality of slavery while also asserting that Christian love can overcome something as destructive as enslavement of fellow human beings.This was the best-selling novel of the 19th century and is credited with helping fuel the abolitionist cause in the 1850s.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
6 SOME STICKS
The Rise of the Abolitionist Movement – A growing feeling in the North that slavery is evil and should be abolished.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Dredd Scott
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
6 SOME STICKS
The Rise of the Abolitionist Movement – A growing feeling in the North that slavery is evil and should be abolished.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Dredd Scott
The Underground Railroad
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
6 SOME STICKS
The Rise of the Abolitionist Movement – A growing feeling in the North that slavery is evil and should be abolished.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
The Underground Railroad
Dredd Scott
WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
6 SOME STICKS
The Rise of the Abolitionist Movement – A growing feeling in the North that slavery is evil and should be abolished.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Dredd Scott
The Underground Railroad
WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON
The American Anti-Salvery Society
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
6 SOME STICKS
The Rise of the Abolitionist Movement – A growing feeling in the North that slavery is evil and should be abolished.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Dredd Scott
The Underground Railroad
WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON
The American Anti-Salvery Society
7 HEAVEN
States Rights – The opinion that the individual states should have more sovereign power than the Federal government.
7 HEAVEN
The South is worried that the North would interfere with their states rights and do away with slavery.
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GATE
THE WINNER OF THE ELECTION OF 1860
The Election of 1800 and Secession – Abraham Lincoln from the anri-slavery Republican Party wins the election
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GATE
THE WINNER OF THE ELECTION OF 1860
The Election of 1800 and Secession –the South begins to secede (leave) the Union.
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Secession !
