Causes of the Civil War

The act of formally withdrawing from the Union...

This law allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Maine join as a free state. 

This law allowed for Popular Sovereignty in new territories North of the 36 30' line.

Illinois Senator (D) championed the Kansas-Nebraska Act and  the idea of popular sovereignty. 

He was a former slave and abolitionist who exposed the cruelties of slavery.

This novel opened the eyes of many with its portrayal of the cruelties of slavery.

Party that formed after the Kansas-Nebraska act in 1854, wanted to stop the spread of slavery.

Abolitionist who denounced slavery as sin and published a paper called "The Liberator"

Senator from Kentucky known as the great compromiser

He was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who made the Dred Scott decision.

Abraham Lincoln was an abolitionist who promised to destroy slavery.

A series of debates in Illinois in 1858, the issues of expansion and slavery were debated.

In Lincoln's House divided Speech he basically said that...

In the election of 1860, the Democratic Party...

An agreement in which both sides give up some of their demands. 

Loyalty to the interests of one geographic region over the interests of the country as a whole.

The idea that states can decide for themselves the issue of slavery.

This agreement allowed California to join the union as a free state.....