Key Events Leading to the Civil War

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Sectionalism

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Conflict between North & South over slavery and tariffs.

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Cause of sectionalism

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Tariffs and enslavement of individuals in Southern states.

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Reasons Southern Legislators voted to secede

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South feared Lincoln would abolish slavery; Southern states believed they had the right to nullify National laws.

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Kansas Nebraska Act

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Caused Bleeding Kansas; addressed slavery in new territories by allowing people to vote (popular sovereignty).

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Missouri Compromise

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Missouri was created from the Louisiana Purchase; Missouri became a slave state and Maine a free state.

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Compromise of 1850

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A package of five laws passed in September 1850 to address slavery in newly acquired territories after the Mexican-American War.

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Henry Clay

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Helped pass the Missouri Compromise; known as the great compromiser.

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North Vs South advantage

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North had advantages in food, iron, and manufactured items.

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Jefferson Davis

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President of the Confederacy.

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Abraham Lincoln

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President of the United States.