Causes of the Civil War

changes Missouri Compromise ruling by allowed previously free territory to vote on slavery

published an antislavery newspaper that printed stories of treatment received by slaves

plan that divided Louisiana Territory-States at 36^o-30’ North would be free, south had slavery

Led a deadly slave rebellion in which 60 slave owners and family members were killed

a writer and editor, an important white abolitionist\ founded \ national abolitionist societies

voters determine whether the state would permit or prohibit certain practices

dispute that arose over the border of Texas ended with Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

a slave who escaped, traveled widely giving eloquent speeches on equality for African Americans

New Mexico voters would determine; California would be admitted to the Union as a free state.

Fugitive Slave Law; slave trade abolished in the District of Columbia

Voted down in Congress over strong division on slavery in 1847

Plan to ban slavery from territory gained in the Mexican War

Ended in violence as both free and slave voters lived the Midwestern territories

grew up on a SC plantation; saw evil side of slavery; spent adult life speaking for abolition

dispute that ended with US purchase of New Mexico, Utah, and California