Events leading up to the Civil War

Invention of the Cotton Gin

Dec 4, 1793

I think that this is an important even leading up to the civil war because this invention made slavery very popular in the south. Slaves became more than what they were worth before. This invention had the southerners moving westsward to make more cotton.

Missouri Comprimise

Dec 1, 1820

Comprimise of 1850

Dec 3, 1850

Unle Tom's Cabbin

Dec 5, 1852

This was an important event leading up to the Civil War because this book showed the union what was happening in the south. This had people in the north become very anti-slavery then they were before. The book even went global to Europe

Kansas- Nebraska Act

Dec 2, 1854

This was an important even leading up to the civil war because people agreed and disagreed about the Nebraska and Kansas territory becoming a slave state.

Dred Scott's Supreme Court Case

Dec 4, 1857

The Dred Scott court case is an important event leading up to the Civil War because he wanted freedom because he was born in the territory of Wisconsin before moved to a slave state.

Lincoln Douglass Debates

Dec 4, 1858

This was an important event leading up to the Civil War because the south knew that Lincoln wanted slavey gone. This was going to ruins the south's way of life. This is when you could tell that the union was very divided.

John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry

Dec 4, 1859

Election of Lincoln

Dec 4, 1860

Secession of South Carolina

Dec 4, 1860

Atack on Fort Sumter

Dec 4, 1861