Events Leading to the Civil War BOILING POINTS Was the Civil War Inevitable? STARTER FEBRUARY 24TH Kim Huynh Kims future goals is to graduate from Lumberton High School and attend to a college, not sure where at, to get a degree in something in the medical field (a veterinarian or a pharmacist). Another goal of Kims is to be able to speak in multiple languages. I want to have the ability to communicate with varies of people who doesn't know English because my dream is to travel around the world. Good Luck Kim! STUDENT OF THE WEEK Passed in 1820 It prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 3630 north (Mason-Dixon Line) except within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri. MISSOURI COMPROMISE California enters as free Utah and New Mexico enter with popular sovereignty Slave trade abolished in DC Fugitive Slave Law: enables slave owners to recapture escaped slaves (the only reason the southern legislators signed it!!) INCREASES SECTIONALISM South believed its way of life was threatened COMPROMISE OF 1850 Gold Rush California applies to become free state South wanted Southern California as slave territory Texas claims territory as far as the Rio Grande New Mexico resists Texas, applies to be free state Texas takes El Paso February 1850 Mormon pioneers apply to become State of Deseret California is admitted undivided as a free state, denying Southern expansion to the Pacific Texas trades some territorial claims for debt relief New Mexico and Deseret are denied statehood and become New Mexico Territory and Utah Territory with slavery left to popular sovereignty 1854 Allowed for popular sovereignty in western states (people could vote) Increased sectional tension Repealed Missouri Compromise Bleeding Kansas KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT Abolitionist John Brown seized arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Va. Tried to start a slave rebellion, failed Brown was hung HARPERS FERRY Ruled that slaves were property and had no right to sue in court Said that Congress had no power to deny slavery in new territories Declared Missouri Compromise unconstitutional DRED SCOTT DECISION Know-Nothing Party opposed immigration Nativism: people who support only native-born Americans Democratic party split on issue of slavery in North and South Free-Soilers, northerners who favored free soil POLITICAL PARTIES Series of debates for Senate in 1858 Douglas won! Lincoln will win the presidential election 2 years later Douglas: popular sovereignty Lincoln: opposed the spread of slavery LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES ELECTION OF 1860 Republican Abraham Lincoln won! South believed Lincoln was stop the spread of slavery and possibly abolish it. Felt their way of life to be threatened. Southern states, led by SC, seceded from Union! Civil War began! First shots fired at Ft. Sumter, SC ELECTION OF 1860 TWO AMERICAS Label every state and territory. Label the battles of Sumter, Shiloh, New Orleans, Bull Run, Antietam, Vicksburg and Gettysburg, Chattanooga, Atlanta and Chancellorsville. Labels the battles with a red start if won by the Confederacy or a blue star in won by the Union. Color the Confederacy gray, color the Union blue. Trace the border between the two in red.