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Leading to a Civil War

• Events leading to the Secession of the South
• Political Sectionalism

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Political Sectionalism Constitutional Compromises
of 1788 Slaves to count as 3/5 of a free
person Slave trade to end in twenty years
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Political Sectionalism Missouri Compromise of
1820 Missouri - slave state Maine - free
state New states into the Union have to be
balanced one free/one slave
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The Missouri Compromise
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Political Sectionalism Compromise of
1850 California a free state Slavery not made
illegal in Utah and New Mexico Territories.
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Slave and Free Territories Under the Compromise
of 1850
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Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)

• It gave people living there the choice to voting
  for or against slavery in the state.
• Hundreds moved in to vote.
• Tempers FLARED, and over 200 people were killed
  in the dispute.
• Nicknamed Bleeding Kansas

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The Kansas Nebraska Act
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• What does the previous map tell you about the
  political balance and the issue of slavery?
• What potential problems did the Utah and New
  Mexico Territories represent?
• How could those problems be resolved politically?

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The Kansas Nebraska Act
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• Do you think the slave states voted as a bloc?
• Why? Or why not?

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The Election of 1860
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The Confederate States of America