Ruch Causes of the Civil War

Law passed to get RR build tension free by allowing each new state to vote for slave or free 

Weak president when Transcontinental Railroad was proposed

Pierce's presidency was marked by _____ killing slaving holders and attempting a slave revolt

After Dred Scott declared slaves property, __ no longer had power to regulate free/slave states

The final straw toward Civil War was the Supreme Court decision in the ____ case.

died in office after gold was discovered in CA, new slave tension when CA wanted free statehood

book which inflamed slave issueby exposing the harsh reality of slavery during Fillmore term

the new technology that inflamed slave issue because it would create more slave or free states

shortest presidency, longest inaugural speech, dying after one month weakened the presidency.

The Dred Scott decision officially and absolutely defined slaves as _____.

Pierce's presidency was marked by Kansas/Missouri violence known as 

promised a Mexican war upon election, war added slave territory south of the Mo Comp line

the last strong president who avoided the Civil war by standing up nullification efforts

The South seceded while ______ was president and before _____ could take office as president.

Comp of 1850 passed, made CA a free state, butgave the south a fugitive slave law

Pierce's presidency was marked by Congressman _____ beating Senator ______ into a coma

weak president/first VP to ascend, increased Civil War tension by admitting Texas to the Union.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act backfired and caused electoral cheating and violence between

 John Brown, the Sumner beating, Bleeding Kansas, KS-NB Act fail show ___ as a weak president

After Dred Scott the South felt the only alternative to Northern threats/oppression was ___.

Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

After Dred Scott the North felt the only solution to end slavery was ______.

1st pre-civil war weak president, 1st professional politicianpresident, economic tension