1. Events Leading Up to the Civil
War
Events sometimes force people to make
difficult decisions. By the late 1840’s, the
nations' borders stretched beyond the
Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.
Americans now had to decide whether
slavery would be allowed in the new
territories of the West. At first, compromise
seemed possible. But as the debate and
violence increased, Americans came to
realize that the nation could not continue
half slave and half free. In the end, the issue
would be decided by war.
4. Second Great Awakening
• “We say to slaveholders—Repeat Now-today-
immediately-Such is our doctrine of
immediate emancipaton. A doctrine founded
on God’s eternal Truth-plain, simple and
prefect”
• “Gag Rule”
5. Emancipator and The Liberator
• “ I will be as harsh as truth, and as
uncompromising as justice. On this subject I
do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with
moderation. No! No! I will not excuse-I will not
retreat a single inch - AND I WILL BE
HEARD”
• William Lloyd Garrison
19. • African Americans are not citizens
• Scott remains a slave under Missouri law
• Congress cannot ban slavery in any territory
• The Missouri Compromise is unconstitutional
