Events Leading to Civil War

Five parts to this compromise; CA became a free state; fugitive slave law; popular soveignty

1854; opened territory to settlement under popular sovereignty; violence happened

1858 Supreme Court Decision denied citizenship to blacks and opened the west slavery.

Antislavery activists and Free-Soilers came together to form this new party

Required the return of runaway slaves to their owners.

Best selling novel touched the hearts of Northerners about a kind slave who is killed.

Pro-slavery and Anti-slavery forces moved into the Kansas territory and violence erupted

Who won the election of 1860?

Banned slavery from Louisiana Territory while keeping the balance of power btwn slave & free

John Brown decided to arm slaves for a revolt.