Causes of the Civil War

Compromise that stopped slavery in California as settlers began to move out west to find gold

Tried to sue my master for freedom. Courts ruled I was property and had no rights

What does the word secede mean

Compromise for the South. I made it possible for federal government to find and return runaways

I wanted to enter the Union as a slave state but had to wait 9 long years before joining Union

What does the word secede mean

I was admitted into the Union as slave state, Maine had to tag along as a free state

Northerners and Southerners moved into my territory and fought over becoming slave or free