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Conflicts leading up to the civil war.
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Nat Turners rebellion
This rebellion was lead by a slave named Nat turner in southern Virginia, in August 1831. Rebels killed up from 55 to 65 people, and eventually 56 slaves were executed for their actions. From this rebellion Virginia law makers passed a law giving less rights to slaves which caused more rebellions in the future. -
Texas Revolution
The Texas Revolution was a war fought from 1835 to 1836 Mexico and Texas colonists resulting in Texas's independence from Mexico. After the Revolution was finalized the Texans wanted to join the U.S. which didn't end up happening for a while because Texas was a slave state. Eventually the U.S. joined with Texas and Texas sold off its land to help the U.S. pay off its Texas debts to other countries. This enraged Mexico which led to a War between Mexico and the U.S. -
The Battle of the Alamo
The Battle of the Alamo was a important event in the Texas Revolution. Texan forces were fighting for independence from Mexico which turned out to be a 13 day siege. The Texans were defeated by the Mexican forces in the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas. -
Mexican American War
The Mexican American War, waged between The United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848. This war helped fulfill Americas "Manifest destiny" to expand its territories across the North America continent. Mexico sent guerilla attacks against the U.S. but the U.S forces ended up winning the battles. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, sign on Feb. 2, 1848, established the Rio Grande as the U.S.-Mexican border and ultimately ended the war. -
Wilmot Promiso
The Wilmot Promiso was designed to eliminate slavery in the land that was acquired from the Mexican War. Pennsylvania Congressman David Wilmot proposed his ammendment of eliminating slave after fear of pro-slavery territories expanding. It was blocked mostly from the southern senates and ultimately enflamed the growing conflicts over slavery. This inspired many other congressmen to create their own plans for dealing with slavery. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas is the term to best describe the period of violence during the settling of the Kansas territory. In 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska act overturned the Missouri compromises land borders as the boundaries between slave and free territory. Instead it decreed that the citizens would determine whether the area became a slave or free state. violence between pro-slavery and free-state settlers erupted over the control of the area. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act passed on may 30, 1854, allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide if they want slavery in their own territories. This repealed the Missouri Compromise by expanding slavery outside of the southern states. This conflicted with the people in the north who believed the Missouri compromise was an binding agreement. This Act led to the period of violence between pro-slavery and free states known as "Bleeding Kansas." -
John Brown's raid
Abolitionist John Brown supported violent actions against the south to end slavery which played a major role in starting the civil war. In October 1859, John and 19 other supports, armed with Beecher's Bibles, lead a raid against the Federal armory and arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, to try to capture weapons there and give them to local slaves. Eventually a force of U.S. Marines put down this uprising with casualties on both sides. -
The election of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was elected to president on November 6, 1860, without the support of a single southern state. With his anti-slavery platform made him very unpopular with the southern states which caused many of the states to secede from the union. His main goal was to preserve the Union and by ending slavery was more important to him than dealing with southern states seceding. His election was a primary reason why the Civil War started by pushing to end slavery. -
The Battle of Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the official start to the American Civil War. Maj. Robert Anderson and his force of 85 soldiers moved his command to Fort Sumter after the fear of his men's safety at Fort Moultrie. On Thursday, April 11,1861, Confederate General P.G.T Beauregard demanded the forts surrender. Anderson refused to surrender and the next day the Confederate forces opened fire on the fort resulting in the defeat of Anderson's forces.
