Recipe for the American Civil War
by James Nielsen
Ingredients
Cook time:1834-1860 Serves: the United State "Starts a war that destroys slavery, along with an entire nation."
Ingredients:
*The Compromise of 1850
*The Fugitive Slave Act
*Abolitionists
*Southern Slave Owners
*Uncle Tom's Cabin
*The Kansas-Nebraska Act
*"Bleeding Kansas"
*The Pottawatomie Massacre
*abolitionist John Brown
*the rise of the Republican Party
*the Dred Scott Decision
*President Abraham Lincoln
*The Confederate States of America
*the attack on Fort Sumter
Directions
Directions:
1.In the North, combine the Fugitive Slave Act, abolitionists, Uncle Tom's Cabin, "Bleeding Kansas", and the Dred Scott Decision. Then sprinkle with the Confederacy and Fort Sumter. Let it simmer for a couple of years.
2.In the South, mix together the Compromise of 1850, Southern slave owners, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Pottawatomie Massacre, and John Brown. Add some finely grated Republicans and Abraham Lincoln and leave it out to spoil for a while.
3.Preheat United States oven to 400 degrees.
4.Combine both sides and stir everything together. Bake until 1861. Your end result should be the Civil War.