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Events Leading up to the Civil War

  • End of the Revolutionary War in the U.S

    it was significant because it was the beginning of the U.S
  • Cotton Gin

    it was significant because it was what made farming in the south profitable
  • Louisiana Purchase

    it was important because it was the beginning of America moving westward.
  • Rebellion in the Carolina's led by Penmark Vessey

    it was significant because it was an enslaved person rebelling.
  • President Andrew Jackson is Elected

    this was important because it showed democrats ignoring the problem of slavery which lead to bigger problems.
  • Whig starts

    this was important because whigs wanted or at least said they wanted to end slavery.
  • Anti-slavery Liberty party

    it was significant because it was couniting the idea of abolishing slavery, which was causing problems between the north and south.
  • Liberty Law v. Fugitive Slave act

    the fugitive slave act was passed and trumped the liberty law which took away the help enslaved people were getting so they could escape.
  • New Liberty laws were passed

    in spite of the fugitive act being passed the northern passed more laws.
  • U.S invades Mexico

    a year before Polk had asked for war because he wanted texas to be apart of the U.S.
  • Treaty of Guadeloupe

    this was the treaty that ended the war with Mexico.
  • Free Soils National Convention

    free soil was an anti-slavery group and that convention lead to slavery becoming illegal in Washington.
  • Gold is discovered in California

    this was important because it made people rush to California to get gold.
  • The Compromise of 1850

    the compromise was a ton of bills being passed which kept Missouris promises alive.
  • Fugitive slave act of 1850

    as the anti-slavery movement was becoming more widespread in an attempt to keep slavery alive they passed another fugitive slave act
  • Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes bestselling anti-slavery book

    this book pushed anti-slavery in everyday conversation.
  • Douglas Introduces a set of Additional Amendments

    they were introduced because of how big the Nebraska territory was and it needed to be better controlled.
  • Bill Douglass Introduces is Passed

    this was important because it was the bill being put in place
  • Know nothing starts

    know-nothings was a political party that was all about know nothing and being ignorant. it gained traction during the election.
  • Lincoln commits to Fremont

    Abraham lincoln commits to being apart of the Fremont party which lost.
  • Bleeding Kansas

    during the 1856 election, a ton of people in Kansa committed voter fraud.
  • Slavery becomes fully National

    to settle the sectional crisis in America Dred Scott made slavery national.
  • The Senate race

    during the 1858 senate race, the republican Abraham Lincoln won, which was the first anti-slavery senate.
  • Abraham Lincoln won president

    this was important because it would mean that anti-slavery things would be put in place.
  • Civil war begins

    after Lincoln was elected was the tipping point and a year after the war began.