Key concepts in the lead up to the Civil War

The following are some of the data that may help you to understand various party’s logic in the election simulation you are about to take part in as well as understand the reasons for the Civil War.  This document is provided to help you with spelling and dates.

3/5 Compromise (1797)

Missouri Compromise (1820)

Nat Turner’s Rebellion (1831)

Oregon Act (1848)

Compromise of 1850 (1852…just kidding)

Fugitive Slave Act (1850)

Ostend Manifesto (1853)

Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)

Bleeding Kansas (1854)

Dred Scott Decision (1857)

John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry (1859)