Events Leading Up to the Civil War Events sometimes force people to make difficult decisions. By the late 1840’s, the nations' borders stretched beyond the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Americans now had to decide whether slavery would be allowed in the new territories of the West. At first, compromise seemed possible. But as the debate and violence increased, Americans came to realize that the nation could not continue half slave and half free. In the end, the issue would be decided by war.
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Events Leading Up to the Civil
War Events sometimes force people to make
difficult decisions. By the late 1840’s, the nations' borders stretched beyond the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Americans now had to decide whether
slavery would be allowed in the new territories of the West. At first, compromise
seemed possible. But as the debate and violence increased, Americans came to
realize that the nation could not continue half slave and half free. In the end, the issue
would be decided by war.
Territorial Acquisitions
The Missouri Compromise 1820
Second Great Awakening
• “We say to slaveholders—Repeat Now-today-immediately-Such is our doctrine of immediate emancipaton. A doctrine founded on God’s eternal Truth-plain, simple and prefect”
• “Gag Rule”
Emancipator and The Liberator• “ I will be as harsh as truth, and as
uncompromising as justice. On this subject I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation. No! No! I will not excuse-I will not retreat a single inch - AND I WILL BE HEARD”
• William Lloyd Garrison
Nat Turner’s Slave RebellionAugust 13, 1831
Runaway Slaves
Mexican Cession 1848
Slavery in the Mexican Session?Compromise of 1850
• Slave trade banned in Washington, D.C
• Strict fugitive law passed
Poster warning the colored people of Boston to beware of slave catchers
Harriet Beecher Stowe
• “So this is the little lady that started the big war” A.L.