1. Trigger Events of the Civil War Objective: The culmination of a series of confrontations regarding the institution of slavery resulting in the Civil War.

2. Triggers of the Civil War  1. 1820 Missouri Compromise 2. 1831 Nat Turner's Rebellion 3. 1846: The Wilmot Proviso 4. 1850: Compromise of 1850 5. 1852: Uncle Toms Cabin 6. 1854-1861 Bleeding Knee 7. 1857 Dred Scott v. Sanford 8. 1859 John Brown's Raid 9. 1860 Abraham Lincoln's Election 10. 1861The Battle of Fort Sumter

3. Missouri Compromise  Missouri’s application for statehood as a slave state sparked a bitter national debate.  unbalance of slave states vs. non slave states in Congress  Missouri Compromise:  admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state (only state in the north to allow slavery)  Maine as a free state  36*30* line divided the U.S. north(free) and south(slave).

4. Tariff of 1828  “Tariff of abomination  made foreign products expensive to buy, especially if they did produce similar items  benefited the north not the south  the south produced raw materials  foreign countries lost money, in return they purchased fewer raw materials such as cotton from the south

5. Nat Turners Rebellion 1831  Nat Turner, a slave, led 60 other slaves in a violent rebellion  resulted in the deaths of 50 Virginians  Nat and the others were executed  struck long-term fear in the hearts of slave owners  slave owners placed new restrictions on slaves  promoted a national debate questioning slavery

6. Tariff of 1832  “Compromise Tariff  attempt to appease the south after the 1828 Tariff  Ordinance of Nullification: issued by South Carolina  declared both tariff UNCONSTITUTIONAL  nullification: state has the right to invalidate any federal law deemed unconstitutional  Jackson threat to use military force if necessary  S.C repealed Ordinance

7. Wilmot Proviso 1846  Designed to eliminate slavery within the land acquired after Mexican War  named after David Wilmont  feared an addition of a pro-slave state  enflamed the growing controversy over slavery

8. Compromise of 1850  Question of whether any land acquired after Mexican- American War would be slave or free states  California admitted as a free state  New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah were allowed to decide if they would permit slavery  Included the fugitive slave law  ended slavery in the District of Columbia

9. Uncle Toms Cabin 1852  Harriet Beecher Stowe’s  response to the Fugitive Slave Law  influenced the view of slavery by the American public  influenced Europeans. They refused to help or support the south during the Civil War  depicted the cruel and inhumane treatment of slaves  Lincoln announced the Emancipating of Proclamation after reading the book

10. Bleeding Kansas 1856  Connects to the Compromise of 1850; giving state the right to be slave or free state  Proslavery and free-state settlers flooded Kansas in attempt to influence the decision  known as “Border Ruffians”  Border War  Kansas experienced violence among settler  proslavery Missourians or ruffians looted the town  John Brown led anti-slavery fighters in Kansas before his famed raid

11. Dred Scott v. Stanford 1857  Sued for his freedom  argued since his master took him to live in free territories, he should be released from slavery.  Supreme Court ruled he was not entitled to file suit because he was not a U.S Citizen (viewed as property)  ruled congress had no power to exclude (outlaw) slavery  Missouri Compromise and other legislation limiting slavery were unconstitutional  Majority of the Court Justices were proslavery

12. Lincoln-Douglas Debates 1858  Debates between Lincoln and Stephen Douglas  over the issue of slavery  Douglas sponsor of the Kansas-Nebraska Act  Lincoln was viewed as a national figure and solidified his Republican Party’s antislavery platform

13. John Brown Raid 1859  John Brown was a radical abolitionist  believed God selected him  Raid on Harpers Ferry  hoped to arm and free slaves  location had an armory and arsenal  captured and killed for treason and murder  viewed as a martyr

14. Abraham Lincoln Election 1860  Won in a landslide  not included on many Southern ballots  Anti-slavery outlook struck fear into many Southerner  South Carolina seceded from the Union in 1860  six more states followed in 1861  With secession, several federal forts became outpost in a foreign land; Fort Sumter

15. Fort Sumter  Located in South Carolina, proslavery  Lincoln sent a supply convoy  Confederate warships turned convoy around to Fort Sumter  34-hour bombardment  south victorious  First battle of the Civil War  Lincoln calls for volunteers to join Northern army  Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee dissolved their ties to the federal government for not contributing troops