1. By: Elijah
Jedkins
Joelle
Anderson

2. Slavery
• Dred Scott was a
“free” slave, who
lived in Illinois.
The supreme court
told Scott he was
not free because
he was not a
person, or citizen.
• Most slaves were
not considered
people but
property.

3. Slavery
• Started in the 17th
century before
the American
Revolution. After
the American
revolution slavery
had grown to the
southern part of
the thirteen
colonies.

4. • Most slave
families were split
during slavery.
Even though the
law had a certain
age were kids
couldn’t be
separated from
their families.Not
all Slave holders
followed that rule.
• During slave
auction the
women were the
highest bidders.

5. • Most slaves
were not
educated. There
were laws that
didn’t allow them
the right to read
or write.
• Women slaves
were for taking
care of the
babies and
working in the
kitchen, and
doing the
laundry.

6. Slavery
• Fugitive Slave Act –
stated that any slaves
that escaped to the
north had to be
returned to the south.
• Underground railroad-
A way for slaves to
escape to north
without being spotted
by plantation owners
and other slave
holders. Harriet
Tubman was the
leader of the
Underground railroad.

7. Candidates for the
Election of 1860
• Stephen Douglas – the
north’s best chance to
defeat the black
republicans, democrat.
• Abraham Lincoln – Symbol
of frontier. He was the self-
made man, republican.
• John Bell – was a wealthy
slave holder in the
constitutional union party.
• John C. Breckinridge – was
the obvious vote for
southern democrats, he too
was in the democrat party.

8. Lincoln- Douglas
Debates
• The Lincoln- Douglas
debates were a series
of debates between
Lincoln and Douglas.
Even though Lincoln
lost most of the
debates, the north still
seemed to think that
Lincoln would make a
great president, and
they nominated him
for president

9. Election of
1860
• Lincoln won the
election without any
votes from the
south.
• A few weeks after
the election South
Carolina seceded
from the union.
• Within the three
months after the
election seven
slave states had
already seceded.

10. Sectionalism
• Northern
economy was
industrialized
and had very
poor land for
farming
• Instead of
farming they had
fishing and
shipping.

11. Sectionalism
• The north did not
depend on
slaves but
workers.
• North had a
large population
• Southern
economy
• The south is
mostly
agricultural and
animal
husbandry.

12. Southern
economy
• Cotton was the
main source for
slave owners to
earn money.
• Cotton gin
increased the
need for slaves.
• Land was very
fertile.

13. Sectionalism
• Tariffs were another
reason for sectionalism.
• North benefited from
tariffs the most since
they made the foreign
goods and exported
them.
• South unfortunately had
to buy the foreign
goods, which made
them made because the
north got the raw
materials from the
south.
• Other reasons for
sectionalism was
• Slavery and states’
rights

15. States’
Rights
• The south
relied on the
tenth
amendment for
two reasons.
1. The dispute
over
unfavorable
tariffs to the
south.
2. Northern
proposals to
abolish slavery.

16. Nullification
Crisis
• The nullification
was John C.
Calhoun’s idea.
• Told Andrew
Jackson that if a
certain law did
not work for a
state then the
state could nullify
the law.

17. Work cited
• “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Slave Narrative)” in
Children and Youth in History, item #473, 22 Aug. 2010. web
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N.p. Causes of the Civil War. America’s Civil War. Sep. 2010. web
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N.p. Causes and Effects of the Civil War. MrNussbaucom. n.d. web
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Independence Hall Association. The South Secedes. n.d. web.
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Epperson, James F. Causes of the Civil War. OTTN Publishing. 2005.
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