Events Leading to the Civil War
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- Slavery in the South
- NO MORE SLAVERY!!!
- Compromise of 1850
- Georgia Platform
- Slavery grew quickly due to agriculture. The South was for slavery but the North was against it.
- Dred Scott v. Sanford Decision
- During the compromise of 1850 California wanted to be a free state. There was also no slave states to balance in congress and Washington DC banned slavery.
- Election of 1860
- LINCOLN WINS!!!
- The Georgia platform passed the fugitive Slave Act. The fugitive Slave Act was when owners could go to the North and capture runaway slaves and they would agree to compromise.
- Debate Over GA Secession
- Yes! Secede!
- Do Not Secede
- The Dred Scott Case was when a former slave sued in supreme court for his freedom, but he looses. He lost because the court said that slaves were only a piece of property; not real humans.
- Lincoln won this election over 3 other candidates. During this election there was a huge sectionalism issue. After Lincoln won South Carolina was the first to secede.
- There was a debate over Georgia's secession because Alexander Stephens had doubt about the path they were taking.
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