Causes of the Civil War Flashcards

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Senatorial debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglass

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Law which repealed the Missouri Compromise, allowing people to vote on whether their state will be slave or free

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law that required runaway slaves to be returned

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Raid on the Federal Arsenal in Harper’s Ferry, Virginia to cause an insurrection amongst the slaves vs owners

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Idea that people can vote to decide if a state is free or slave

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Divide among states over a strong difference of opinion

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Compromise which ended the slave trade in DC but passed the Fugitive Slave Act

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to leave the union

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Things that are inferred or deduced

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States which left the union and made their own government

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difficult, not simple

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Book that caused the north to realize the injustices of slavery

Causes of the Civil War