1. Prelude to the Civil War
Events that led America into conflict

2. Popular Sovereignty
Authority of the government is created and sustained by the consent of its people

3. Come on, then, gentlemen of the slave states
Come on, then, gentlemen of the slave states. Since there is no escaping your challenge, we accept it in the name of freedom. We will engage in competition for the virgin soil of Kansas, and God give the victory to the side which is stronger in numbers, as it is in right.
-Senator William Seward, on the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, May 1854

4. Bleeding Kansas
As a result of Kansas-Nebraska Act, many people from North and South moved to this territory
They both wanted to win the vote over issue of slavery
Violence broke out in which proslavery factions and abolitionists both caused fire, destruction and even deaths

5. Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott, slave living in Missouri, filed suit that he should be free because he once lived in a territory where slavery was illegal
Supreme Court said slaves are not citizens and have no right to sue in court
Showed that Congress had no power to ban slavery anywhere

6. John Brown’s Raid
Attacked federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia
Arsenal: where weapons are made or stored
21 men were led in hopes of seizing weapons and leading an uprising of slaves
U.S. troops quickly surrounded arsenal, killed half of men and captured rest.