Triggering Events
-Lincoln is Elected president in 1860. His strong views of anti-slavery and writing and passing of the Emancipation Proclamation caused tensions between pro-slave and anti-slave believers.
-February of 1861, the Confederate Sates of America was formed.
-Jefferson Davis is elected President of the Confederate States.
-Confederacy fires on South Carolina Union at Fort Sumter in April 1861.
-Lincoln is Elected president in 1860. His strong views of anti-slavery and writing and passing of the Emancipation Proclamation caused tensions between pro-slave and anti-slave believers.
-February of 1861, the Confederate Sates of America was formed.
-Jefferson Davis is elected President of the Confederate States.
-Confederacy fires on South Carolina Union at Fort Sumter in April 1861.
Long Term Causes
Economic
-Job Competition for Immigrants
-Different types of economy (Pro-Salve vs. Anti-Slave)
Social/Moral
-Opposed to slave labor (Union)
-"Uncle Tom's Cabin" (Created tension between Southern Pro-Slave States and Northern Anti-Slave States)
Political (Increasing Sectionalism)
-Fugitive Slave Act/Personal Liberty Laws
-Kansa Nebraska Act + Bleeding Kansas
-Dred Scott Decision
Economic
-Job Competition for Immigrants
-Different types of economy (Pro-Salve vs. Anti-Slave)
Social/Moral
-Opposed to slave labor (Union)
-"Uncle Tom's Cabin" (Created tension between Southern Pro-Slave States and Northern Anti-Slave States)
Political (Increasing Sectionalism)
-Fugitive Slave Act/Personal Liberty Laws
-Kansa Nebraska Act + Bleeding Kansas
-Dred Scott Decision