The correct answer is A) Causes of the Civil War
- The Kansas-Nebraska Act was a bill that created the states of Kansas and Nebraska. This Act was one of the reasons that caused the Civil War because the Act allowed each territory to decide if they wanted slavery or not.
- Dred Scott decision was a decision taken by the U.S Supreme Court in the case Dred Scott v. John F.A. Sandford. The Supreme Court decided that Dred Scott was a slave even though he resided in a free state and free territory. This one of the causes of the Civil War because free states did not agree with the decision and slavery states started to “hunt” slaves in free territory.
- John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry was a revolt led by John Brown. He initiated a slave revolt by taking over the US arsenal at Harpers Gerry - VI. This caused an outrage in Southerners.
- The 1860 presidential election and South Carolina secession were breaking points to the Civil War. The Election of 1860 brought all conflicts listed here. The Democratic Party was divided into three groups, each of them with different ideas of how to deal with slavery. Lincoln was elected but South Carolina decided to respond to his election by seceding in Dec. 20th of 1860.