Road to the Civil War

Political Events that lead to the Civil War.

1860 was when............

• the Compromise of 1850 occurred

• the Missouri Compromise occurred

• Abraham Lincoln was elected president

• the Dred Scott Case

Political Events that lead to the Civil War.

1857 was when............ Slaves were not considered to be US Citizens

• the Compromise of 1850 occurred

• the Missouri Compromise occurred

• Abraham Lincoln was elected president

• the Dred Scott Case

Political Events that lead to the Civil War.

1820 was when............ Missouri was a slave state and Maine was a free state this made a balance

• the Compromise of 1850 occurred

• the Missouri Compromise occurred

• Abraham Lincoln was elected president

• the Dred Scott Case

Political Events that lead to the Civil War.

1854 was when Arguments over slavery vote result in violence and this state enters as a free state but (not until 1861)

• the Compromise of 1850 occurred

• the Missouri Compromise occurred

• the Kansas-Nebraska Act occurred

• the Dred Scott Case

Political Events that lead to the Civil War.

1850 was when California was a free state and A Fugitive Slave Law was passed

• the Compromise of 1850 occurred

• the Missouri Compromise occurred

• the Kansas-Nebraska Act occurred

• the Dred Scott Case

How many states secede to stay a slave state?

**secede means to separate

Who attacked Fort Sumpter?

• West

• Union- North

• Confederates- South

• East

Civil War 1861-1865

What were the advantages the Union had for the Civil War?

• More money

• President Jefferson Davis

• General Ulysses S. Grant and President Abraham Lincoln

• Large Farms

• More cities, factories, people, soldiers and states

Civil War 1861-1865

What were the disadvantages the Confederacy had for the Civil War?

• More money

• President Jefferson Davis and General Robert E Lee

• General Ulysses S. Grant and President Abraham Lincoln

• Plantations- Enslaved People- large farms

• very few cities = Little economic development

Border states were states that allowed slavery but stayed in the Union

Select the Border States below

• Missouri (MO) and Kentucky (KY)

• Kansas (KS) and Arkansas (AR)

• Maryland (MD) and West Virgina (WV)

• Oklahoma (OK) and Nebraska (NE)