Unit 12: Causes of the Civil War

Zachary Taylor served 2 terms as president.

2 men debating for a senate seat in Illinois, 1 wanted to stop spread of slavery & other believed in popular sovereignty

This document includes the 3/5th Compromise

Zachary Taylor & Franklin Pierce both fought in the Mexican- American War before becoming president.

The Confederacy believed Fort Sumter should be theirs because it was located in the Confederacy.

The goal of the Free Soil Party was to end slavery in the United States for good.

One cause of the Civil War - The belief that a state has the right not to follow a fed. law if they are opposed to it

One cause of the Civil War - Loyalty to a part of the country as opposed to the whole country

Who was the 14th president of the United States?

Kept the balance between free & slave states & drew the 36°30 line across the Louisiana Purchase

An attempt by a radical abolitionists to steal weapons & arm slaves to encourage revolts.

Included four candidates; the winner was Abraham Lincoln

One cause of the Civil War - States like South Carolina began to break away from the Union.

Who was the 12th president of the United States?

What US Senator was beaten after his speech called “Crimes Against Kansas”?

James Buchanan was president when the Dred Scott case was heard in the Supreme Court.

Party formed by Free Soilers, northern Dem. & Anti-slave Whigs, their goal was to keep slavery out of the territories

Thousands of free African Americans moved to Canada after the Fugitive Slave Act was passed.

Who was the 15th president of the United States?

A slave sued for his freedom but the ruling said that slaves could not sue because he was a slave

Franklin Pierce was president when the Compromise of 1850 was passed.

Their slogan was: Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Labor & Free Men!

People who didn't believe in slavery grew in this group

Allowed CA to enter as a free state, ended slave trade in Washington, DC, & Included Fugitive Slave Law

Voters would decide by popular sovereignty to be free or slave in their territory & repealed the Missouri Compromise

Who was the 16th president of the United States?

First official battle of the Civil War

Required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves & send them back to their owners

pro & anti-slavery people had been killed fighting over whether or not a certain state should be free or slave

One of the causes of the Civil War - Involuntary servitude

Caused by Lincoln winning the election, many southern states decided to leave the Union

Who was the 13th president of the United States?