Causes of the Civil War

4. this happened because of a political and ideological debate over the legality of slavery in the proposed state of Kansas.
6. an act that required slaves to be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state.
8. the idea that the United States is destined to expand its dominion across the entire North American continent
11. A network of people offering shelter and aid to escaped enslaved people from the South.
13. Being forced to work against your own will
14. the movement to end slavery.

1. 16th president of the United States. His victory in the election caused southern states to secede.
2. a conflict that began with a dispute over the annexation of Texas by the U.S. in 1845.
3. the transition from creating goods by hand to using machines.
5. The withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860.
7. An enslaved black man who led a rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia in August 1831.
9. Scottv.Standford This court case ruled that having lived in a free state and territory did not entitle an enslaved person to his freedom.
10. the North and South would argue over how much ___ the states should have
12. A major election that took place in 1860. Abraham Lincoln won, and that divided the North and South completely.
13. loyalty to one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole.