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American Industrial Revolution
A change in the way consumer goods are made. Mass production in the North made northerners and southerners develop different values. -
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Second Great Awakening
A period of renewed social sense of importance in religion. There was high participation among African Americans, and White women, and it led to an antebellum social reform. -
Creation of Cotton Gin
Through faster cleaning and production of cotton, the creation of the cotton gin increased the demand of slavery, making slavery a key component to Southern economy -
Louisiana Purchase
A territorial expansion enacted by Thomas Jefferson to expand slavery created a half century of conflict between pro and anti slavery settlers in Louisiana territory. -
Missouri Compromise
The compromise permitted California to join the union and become a free state while proposing a new and more effective fugitive slave law. The South felt threatened by anti-slavery views because of this. -
Nat Turner’s Rebellion
A slave rebellion. This event destroyed the White Southern myth that slaves were happy, and forced the nation to question slavery. -
Nullification Crisis (President Jackson)
Jackson issued a proclamation for South Carolina to nullify the laws of 1828 and 1832 forcing taxes. Unionism and states rights were argued. -
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Mexican American War
Mexico and the U.S. break out in a war over land. The treaty makes a border, the U.S. pays Mexico $15 million in exchange for the Southwestern states. -
California Gold Rush
One of the greatest mass migrations in American history made free-states become more powerful than slave-states. -
Compromise of 1850
California becomes a free state. This delays the union from splitting. -
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
The anti-slavery novel affected many readers through empathy, and changed people’s views on slavery. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Reversing the Missouri Compromise, the Act created a strain and increased tension between the North and the South. -
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“Bleeding Kansas”
Proof of the growing tension between the North and the South are the effects of the invasion of 5,000 pro-slavery men. -
Attack on Charles Sumner
This event led to the polarization of the North and south. -
“Dred Scott v Stanford”
The Supreme Court ruling against Dred Scott- a freed slave. The North and South were further polarized by this decision. -
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Raid on Harper’s Ferry
John Brown leading, the anti-slavery raid’s effects were the beginning of a confederate army. -
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Southern Secession
Because of this decision, Abraham Lincoln ordered soldiers to crush the rebellion. -
Election of 1860
The election of president Lincoln brought the fear of the union being radicalized, so the South seceded. -
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Shots fired at Ft. Sumner
“This was the official start of fighting in the American Civil War... Fighting in the civil war would continue for 4 more years after this event.”
