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Invention of cotton gin
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, a machine that assisted people in the producing of cotton. People could produce up to 10 pounds of cotton a day. The cotton gin led to the Civil War because it changed the economics of cotton industry. -
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underground railroad
underground railroadThe underground railroad was a trem used by the slaves as a gate way to the north. There were safe houses for the slaves to stay in.Established in the early 1800s and aided by people involved in the Abolitionist Movement, the underground railroad helped thousands of slaves escape bondage. they estimented that 100,000 slaves escaped from bondage in the South. The cilvil war and the underground railroad go together because during the cilvil war it was much harder for the slaves to leave. -
Missouri Compromise
Congress passed a bill granting Missouri statehood as a slave state under the condition that slavery was to be forever prohibited. The repeal of the Missouri Compromise was more impactful than the compromise itself and eventually led to the Civil War. -
Nat turner rebellion
nat turner http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/nat-turnerNat Turner's Rebellion (also known as the Southampton Insurrection) was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, during August 1831. Led by Nat Turner, rebel slaves killed anywhere from 55 to 65 people, the highest number of fatalities caused by any slave uprising in the American South. -
Wilmot Proviso
The Wilmot Proviso was designed to eliminate slavery within land aquired as a result of the Mexican War. This plays a role in the cause of the Civil War because it was debated, voted, and called repeatedly for years. Debate only angered the people because both sides wanted their way. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress which defused a four-year political confrontation between slave and free states regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexican-American War. The Compromise of 1850 caused the Civil War because it prevented further territorial expansion of slavery while strengthening the Fugitive Slave Act, a law which compelled Northerners to seize and return escaped slaves to the South. -
uncle toms cobin is published
uncle tom cabinUncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly, is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, the novel "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War", according to Will Kaufman.Uncle Tom's Cabin was the best-selling novel of the 19th century and the second best-selling book of that century, -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Kansas-Nebraska ActThe Kansas-Nebraska Act was an 1854 bill that mandated “popular sovereignty”–allowing settlers of a territory to decide whether slavery would be allowed within a new state’s borders. The conflicts that arose between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers in the aftermath of the act’s passage led to the period of violence known as Bleeding Kansas, and helped paved the way for the American Civil War. -
bleeding kansas
Bleeding Kansas, Bloody Kansas or the Border War was a series of violent political confrontations in the United States involving anti-slavery Free-Staters and pro-slavery. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debate
lincoln douglas debateshttp://www.history.com/topics/lincoln-douglas-debatesThe Lincoln–Douglas Debates of 1858 (also known as The Great Debates of 1858) were a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate for the United States Senate from Illinois, and incumbent Senator Stephen Douglas, the Democratic Party candidate. At the time, U.S. senators were elected by state legislatures; thus Lincoln and Douglas were trying for their respective parties to win control of the Illinois legislature. -
Election of 1860
The United States presidential election of 1860 was the 19th quadrennial presidential election. The North, with its growing population and increased electoral power had accomplished what the South had always feared: complete control of the government by the free states, this is what caused the Civil War. -
secession of southern states
