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Causes 1763: Invention of the Cotton Gin Why is this a Cause?
Causes 1803 – Louisiana Purchase Manifest Destiny Why is this a Cause?
Causes 1820 – Missouri Compromise Missouri wanted to enter as a slave state but it would upset the balance of representation Missouri enters as a slave state Maine enters as a free state
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Causes 1832 – Nullification Crisis South Carolina nullified the tariffs and threatened to secede President Jackson lowered the tariffs
Causes 1850 – Compromise of 1850 California enters as a free state Mexican cession decides by popular sovereignty Fugitive Slave Act Runaways had to be returned
Causes 1852 – Uncle Tom’s Cabin Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe Upset the North and more joined against slavery
Causes 1854 – Kansas Nebraska Act Kansas and Nebraska would decide by popular sovereignty Voids the Missouri Compromise
Causes 1855 – Bleeding Kansas Battle between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces over how Kansas will end up
Causes 1857 – Dred Scott v Sanford Dred Scott sues for freedom Goes to Supreme Court SC says “He can’t sue because he is property”
Causes 1859 – John Brown’s Raid Tried to steal guns from an arsenal to give to slaves He was unsuccessful
Causes 1860 – Abraham Lincoln is elected
Events 1861 – Ft. Sumter First shots of the Civil War
Events 1862 - Battle of Antietam Bloodiest one day battle Bloody bridge The North was able to keep the South from advancing
Events 1863 – Battle of Gettysburg Bloodiest 3 day battle Turning Point The south lost too many men and would never recover
Events 1863 – Battle of Vicksburg The North gains control of the Mississippi River
Events 1865 – Surrender at Appomattox Court House
Effects Reconstruction 13th – Frees all slaves 14th Citizenship 15th the right to vote for men regardless of race
Black Codes Laws to hold African Americans down
Effects 1862 – Homestead Act Gave settlers 160 acres of land Had to stay for 5 years in order to own the land
Effects 1887 Dawes Act Gave land to Native Americans if they would farm
Effects Morrill Act 1890 Land grant to start colleges
Do Now Vote on which Gettysburg Address sketch is best Don’t take them off the board!
Stop, Plop, and Roll Primary Docs from the surrender of the Civil War
Comparison of Primary and Secondary Docs Why are primary documents important? What did you learn about the surrender from the primary docs? (3) What did you learn about the surrender from the secondary doc? (3)