Relacionar Columnas What were causes of the Civil War?Versión en línea Relate the causes with their corresponding explanation to understand the birth of the Civil War. por Norma García 1 Slavery 2 Rights in the States 3 Uncle Tom's Cabin 4 The Underground Railway 5 Abolitionist Movement 6 The Dred Scott Decision 7 Abraham Lincoln Opponent of the expansion of slavery but said he would not interfere with it where it existed until he became president and slavery was banned. Some abolitionists actively helped runaway slaves to escape through this path. A slave looking for citizenship legally in the Supreme Court whose request was denied since no person with African blood could become a U.S. citizen. Even when slavery was forbidden by the federal government some States refused, there was a struggle over political power. By the early 1830s, ideas became more strident. People were following a higher law not the Constitution. Freedom, not being a fugitive was the aim. A book published in 1852, became a best seller representing the evils of slavery. Some 4 million Africans and their descendants were slave laborers in the South mainly in plantations.
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