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Lead Up to Civil War

4/18/2012

Review
Slavery a nation divided Compromise of 1850 KansasNebraska Act

Republican Party
Against slavery Abraham Lincoln
Known in Illinois but not the nation Lincoln vs. Douglas Debates

John Browns Raid


Wanted to end slavery by fighting Raid on a federal arsenal Captured, charged with treason, and hanged Martyr

Election of 1860
Lincoln is the winner South is outraged

Fort Sumter
South Carolina was the first state to secede (leave) the United States Captured Federal forts in the South Fall of Fort Sumter marked the beginning of the Civil War

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