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3. Causes
1763: Invention of the Cotton Gin
Why is this a Cause?

4. Causes
1803 – Louisiana Purchase
Manifest Destiny
Why is this a Cause?

5. 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

6. Causes

7. Causes 1832 – Nullification Crisis
South Carolina nullified the tariffs and threatened to secede
President Jackson lowered the tariffs

8. 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

10. Causes 1852 – Uncle Tom’s Cabin Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Upset the North and more joined against slavery

11. Causes 1854 – Kansas Nebraska Act
Kansas and Nebraska would decide by popular sovereignty
Voids the Missouri Compromise

13. Causes 1855 – Bleeding Kansas
Battle between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces over how Kansas will end up

14. 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”

15. Causes 1859 – John Brown’s Raid
Tried to steal guns from an arsenal to give to slaves
He was unsuccessful

16. Causes
1860 – Abraham Lincoln is elected

17. Events
1861 – Ft. Sumter
First shots of the Civil War

18. Events 1862 - Battle of Antietam Bloodiest one day battle
Bloody bridge
The North was able to keep the South from advancing

19. Events 1863 – Battle of Gettysburg Bloodiest 3 day battle
Turning Point
The south lost too many men and would never recover

20. Events 1863 – Battle of Vicksburg
The North gains control of the Mississippi River

21. Events
1865 – Surrender at Appomattox Court House

22. Effects Reconstruction 13th – Frees all slaves 14th Citizenship
15th the right to vote for men regardless of race

23. Black Codes
Laws to hold African Americans down

24. Effects 1862 – Homestead Act Gave settlers 160 acres of land
Had to stay for 5 years in order to own the land

25. Effects
1887 Dawes Act
Gave land to Native Americans if they would farm

26. Effects
Morrill Act 1890
Land grant to start colleges

27. Do Now Vote on which Gettysburg Address sketch is best
Don’t take them off the board!

28. Stop, Plop, and Roll
Primary Docs from the surrender of the Civil War

29. 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)