2. Cause # 1
Our
Founding
Fathers
They could have condemned slavery at the
Constitutional Convention in 1787
The South wouldn’t have agreed with that
solution though
Instead, you get the 3/5 Compromise which
protects slavery
Okay, this is the signing of the
Declaration, not the Constitution –
GOOD CATCH!
4. Cause # 2
Missouri
Compromise
of 1820
Supposed to settle issue of slavery in new western
territories
Compromise favored the Anti-Slave folks
(Abolitionists)
It was not strictly followed
5. TariffsCause # 3
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These taxes on imports were causing
se ctio nalism as early as Andrew
Jackson’s Administration (1820s –
1830s)
Southern states felt as though they
were footing the bill to protect Northern
industry
6. Cause # 4 Geography shapes the
Economy
The South’s longer growing
seasons led to a mostly farming
society
The North’s poor soil and
climate led to more
factories
The different economies led to different cultures
and values
7. Cause # 5
The Compromise of 1850
California (acquired in the
Mexican American War)
wants to come into the
Union as a FREE state.
It would put the Southern
SLAVE states in the
minority in the Senate
Henry Clay presents a
plan with 4 parts
8. • CA comes in Free
• Slave Trade is abolished in DC
• Congress would not pass any
new laws regarding slavery in
the newly acquired territory
• New Fugitive Slave Act passed
The Act required ALL citizens to help
catch runaway slaves – Northern
Abolitionists refused to cooperate with
the law’s enforcement
Cause # 5
The Compromise of 1850
9. Cause # 6 Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s book, Uncle
To m ’s Cabin, was about the evils of
slavery
It was published in 1852
and sold over 300,000
copies in the first year
alone
Slaveholders denied the book’s
legitimacy, but much of the material
was taken from postings throughout
the South
10. The Kansas Nebraska ActCause # 7
It violated the Missouri
Compromise
Act was passed in 1854
popularsovereignty did not
workdue to “border
ruffians”
11. Dred Scott v Sandford 1857Cause # 8
This Supreme Court case ruled
that slaves were property
protected from the Federal
Government
It made the Missouri
Compromise
unconstitutional
This meant that slavery should
be allowed in the western
territories
Can you believe that the
Supreme Court even said he
had no right to bring a lawsuit
before them?
12. In October1859, abolitionist John Brown,
led a raid on a Federal Arsenal in Harper’s
Ferry, Virginia. He hoped to start a slave
uprising by arming slaves.
John Brown at Harper’s FerryCause # 9
Harper’s Ferry, Virginia
John Brown
John Brown
John BrownIt didn’t go as expected!
13. After Lincoln is elected president in
1860, the idea of States’ Rights grows
among the southern states.
States’ RightsCause # 10
Led by South Carolina, southern states
feel they have a Constitutional right to
leave the Union since they feel the new
president will not protect their “property”
rights.
14. Fort Sumter, South CarolinaCause # 11
Fort Sumter was a
federal fort in the
Charleson Harbor
The State of South
Carolina demanded the
Fort’s surrender
The Commander of the Fort
refused so a 33-hour
bombardment began on April
12, 1861
The Fort was finally
surrendered, but at least no
lives were lost
15. Lincoln calls for Union troopsCause # 12
Lincoln views the
bombardment of Fort
Sumter as an act of
rebellion
Lincoln calls up
75,000 Union Troops
to crush the rebellion
The call-up leads four more states to
secede from the Union
16. Revolutionary SpiritCause # 13
Southern States felt they
were fighting against an
oppressive government
The South was fighting
for INDEPENDENCEINDEPENDENCE
They viewed their cause as similar to the American
Revolution and guess who represented the 13
Colonies?
