Lead up to the civil war

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  1. 3. Clay did not lead to the Civil War; rather, his political career was dedicated to preventing it through a series of compromises
  2. 6. truth Sojourner Truth did not cause the Civil War
  3. 9. intensifying sectional tensions between the North and South over the issue of slavery
  4. 13. temperance movement the temperance movement did not lead to the Civil War; rather, the Civil War disrupted the movement
  5. 14. state balance What if the Civil War began in 1820 instead? : r ...The escalating conflict between free and slave states was a primary cause of the Civil War
  6. 16. American war acquiring vast new territories from Mexico, which reignited the explosive debate over whether slavery should expand into these new lands
  7. 17. the Emancipation Proclamation did not cause the Civil War
  8. 20. Comprise first creating a temporary solution to the growing sectional conflict over slavery and then by highlighting the deep-seated regional divisions that couldn't be permanently resolved Compromise of 1850 a package of five laws passed to de-escalate tensions over slavery after the Mexican-American War
  9. 22. Brown raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859 escalated tensions that led to the Civil War by polarizing the North and South. While his plan to start a slave uprising by seizing a federal arsenal failed Fugitive Slave Act intensifying sectional conflict and increasing Northern resistance to slavery
  10. 23. cotton acquiring vast new territories from Mexico, which reignited the explosive debate over whether slavery should expand into these new lands
  11. 25. Sovereignty failing to resolve the slavery issue in new territories, instead causing violence and polarization
  12. 26. Tom's cabin polarizing opinions on slavery, fueling abolitionist sentiment in the North, and provoking outrage in the South
  13. 27. Lloyd Garrison William Lloyd Garrison was a key figure in the abolitionist movement who helped lead to the Civil War, although not through direct military action
  14. 28. Douglass did not lead to the Civil War, but as a leading abolitionist, his activism was a major force in the long-term push against slavery
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  1. 1. railroad physically defying federal laws, increasing tensions between the North and South, and undermining the economic and social basis of slavery in the South
  2. 2. second great awakening The Second Great Awakening did not directly lead to the Civil War
  3. 4. dix Dorothea Dix did not lead to the Civil War
  4. 5. Scott Decision significantly contributed to the Civil War by further polarizing the nation over slavery, rather than acting as a direct cause through an "Act"
  5. 7. Nullification did not directly lead to the Civil War
  6. 8. auctions Slave auctions did not singularly cause the Civil War, but they were a central and horrifying component
  7. 10. Slavery chattel slavery was the primary cause of the American Civil War
  8. 11. Tubman Harriet Tubman did not directly "lead to" the Civil War
  9. 12. Kansas the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the ensuing Bleeding Kansas violence ultimately helped lead to the Civil War by intensifying sectional tensions and making reconciliation seem impossible
  10. 15. Yes, secession led directly to the Civil War
  11. 18. gin The cotton gin did not directly cause the Civil War
  12. 19. act repealing the Missouri Compromise and creating intense conflict over the expansion of slavery
  13. 21. doctrine the Monroe Doctrine did not directly cause the Civil War, but the conflict revealed a key weakness of the doctrine
  14. 24. catchers The activities of slave catchers and their role in enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 intensified sectional tensions that ultimately led to the Civil War