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Underground railroad
The Underground Railroad contributed to the Civil War as a dramatic protest action against slavery. Established in the early 1800's, the Underground Railroad helped thousands of slaves to escape bondage [learn more](www.historynet.com/underground-railroad) -
The Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin helped lead to the Civil War by making it possible to produce more cotton, thus increasing the profitability of huge cotton plantations in the South. These large plantations needed large numbers of workers in order to operate. Slavery helped meet those needs.[learn more](www.reference.com/history/did-cotton-gin-lead-civil-war-91e405c20959a395) -
Missouri Comprimise
The Missouri Compromise settled the question of slavery in the United States for many years. Its repeal would bring about conflict that would lead to the Civil War. [learn more here](civilwarmo.org/educators/resources/info-sheets/missouri-compromise.) -
Tariff of 1828 & Nullification crisis
The nullification crisis lead to the civil war because the southern states felt it took away from their rights. States rights were very important at this time in history.Learn more -
Nat Turners rebellion
Turner and a group of escaped slaves killed 55 white people before the rebels were captured. The Nat Turner Rebellion helped to cause the Civil War because it intensified efforts on both sides of the slavery issue. Southern slave holding states enacted stricter slave codes, and abolitionists intensified their efforts to end slavery. -
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The Liberator
The Liberator (1831–1865) was an abolitionist newspaper founded by William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp in 1831. Garrison co-published weekly issues of The Liberator from Boston continuously for 35 years, from January 1, 1831, to the final issue of December 29, 1865 -
Wilmot priviso
The Wilmot Proviso proposed an American law to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War. The conflict over the Wilmot proviso was one of the major events leading to the American Civil War. Congressman David Wilmot first introduced the proviso in the United States House of Representatives on August 8, 1846 -
Comprimise of 1850
Many people will actually say that this compromise lead to the north achieving victory in the Civil War. The Compromise of 1850 did not lead to the Civil War. -
Uncle toms cabin is published
The novel of Uncle Tom's Cabin was written a full ten years before the US Civil War began. In the 19th century with slow communications, ten years is a very long time. It's impact on the war was minimal to none. Also, Harriet Beecher Stowe the abolitionist blamed the North and the South for the institution of slavery. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas, was a series of violent political confrontations in the United States between 1854 and 1861 involving anti-slavery "Free-Staters" and pro-slavery "Border Ruffian", or "southern" elements in Kansas. . The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 called for "popular sovereignty"—that is, the decision about slavery was to be made by the settlers. It would be decided by votes. But the violence indicated that compromise was unlikely, and thus it presaged the Civil War. -
Fort Sumter Is Fired up.
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the Confederate States Army, and the return gunfire and subsequent surrender by the United States Army that started the American Civil War. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas Nebraska act lead up to the civil war as a result of the anti-slavery settlers being more than the pro-slavery settlers.
