Matching Pairs Causes of the Civil WarOnline version Causes of the Civil War 8th grade by Daphne Darby 1 Fugitive Slave Act 2 Election of 1860 3 Missouri Compromise 4 Uncle Tom's Cabin 5 Kansas-Nebraska Act 6 Compromise of 1850 7 Bleeding Kansas 8 Dred Scott vs. Sandford Bloody conflict over slavery Book that showed the evils of slavery-caused people to join abolitionist movement Brought the issue of slavery to the North-ALL northern states had to help return runaway slaves said Kansas and Nebraska could use popular sovereignty to decide slavery -made North ANGRY said Missouri compromise was unconstitutional and black people could never be citizens-slavery could spread! TEMPORARILY relieved tensions between North and South-said North would be FREE and South would be SLAVE Lincoln was elected. South was upset, thought he would get rid of slavery-South Carolina seceded. California entered as a FREE state-other territories we got from Mexico are open to slavery