Causes of the Civil War

Kansas Pictures
Title Page
Compromise of 1850
Compromise Pictures
Kansas - Nebraska Act 1854
Kansas Pictures
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott Pictures
John Brown's Raid at Harpers Ferry
John Brown Pictures
Election of 1860
Election Pictures
Beating of Charles Summer
Beating Pictures
Resources

This is a picture explaining the 36' 30' line that allowed slavery in all states below the line. This "line" was eliminated when the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 nullified the Missouri Compromise.

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Stephen A. Douglas was a candidate in the election of 1860 and also a pro-Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854.

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Map of Kansas Nebraska Territories

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