Causes of the Civil War

In which Compromise did they ban the slave trade in Washington, D.C.?

Formed in 1854 by groups united against the spread of slavery in the West.

The presidential election of 1860 was most significant because it

Act of formally withdrawing from the Union.

Debates held in Illinois in 1858 regarding the spread of slavery in the West.

What was a consequence of the Compromise of 1850?

This Compromise in 1820 prohibited slavery north of latitude 36* 30'.

Made crime to help runaway slaves and allowed officials to arrest those slaves in free areas.

The idea that people would decide if a territory would be free or slave.

After the presidential election of 1860, the southern states

What does "Bleeding Kansas" refer to?

Slave who sued for freedom in federal court after living in free territory.

An attack on a Kansas town by 800 pro-slavery men to arrest members of the anti-slavery govt.

One issue the Republican party was formed around

The states that seceded formed

The first southern state to secede from the Union.