Causes of the Civil War

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  1. 3. This state was admitted to the U.S. under the Compromise of 1850.
  2. 7. The states that seceded and left the US during the Civil War were these States. They had a partnership and worked together.
  3. 8. people who were against slavery and tried to put an end to it or help slaves escape.
  4. 10. States that legalized or permitted slavery. (the South)
  5. 12. By June of 1860 this was the total number of states that had seceded.
  6. 13. In 1857 the Supreme Court ruled on a case involving this African American.
  7. 15. In 1859 this abolitionist led a slave revolt in Harpers Ferry, VA.
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  1. 1. The name given to the states that stayed united and did not secede(break away) during the Civil War.
  2. 2. The Congressman who proposed the Missouri Compromise.
  3. 4. This man was elected president in 1860.
  4. 5. people who did not want slavery to expand into the western states.
  5. 6. A state that outlawed or banned slavery (the North)
  6. 9. South Carolina was the first state to do this in 1860.
  7. 10. The author of the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
  8. 11. Citizens were allowed to do this to decide if their territory would have slaves under the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
  9. 14. This event started in 1861 and was where the Union fought against the Confederacy.