1. Causes of the Civil War

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Causes of the Civil War



Causes of the Civil War
 

You will be completing this chart as we work through the causes of the Civil War. For each event you will fill in the important facts that we discuss in class as well as how the event is significant to the outbreak of the Civil War.
 
Event
 
Important Facts
Significance
 
 
 
 
 
 
Missouri Compromise (1820)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wilmot Proviso (1846)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
Free Soil Party (1848)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
Compromise of 1850
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
Fugitive Slave Law (1850)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kansas- Nebraska Act (1854)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pottowatomic Creek Killings (1856)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dred Scott Decision (1857)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lincoln – Douglas Debates (1858)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
Raid on Harpers Ferry (1859)
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Election of 1860
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

 
 

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