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Events that led To Civil War
The Civil War didnt just strat in one day, it had many events that led to it, and these are all the major ones that cause the begining of the Civil War. -
Second Great Awakening
The Second Great Awakenig was a revival of faith on the people of the US, but this created a contributing factor to the Civil War by giving many americans an urge to reform the US. an one of those many created reform movements was abolition of slavery. which would become a major reason for the conversation of a Civil War. -
Three Fiths Compromise
The three fiths compromise was way of deciding the number of House Representatives for a state by deceding how should slaves count ,and this led to the Civil War by agreeing that slaves didnt count as a hold person and by contributing to the earliest division of the North and South. -
Mexican War Ended
When the Mexican War ended the the United States gained major territory with California, New Mexico, and later on Texas but with all this addition of land came contributions to the civil war which were led by the reopening of a major issue being slavery. were now the US didnt know what was going to be a Slave state or Free state which cause division that help led also to the civil war -
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act was one of the most harshes part of the Compromise Of 1850. It declare that all runaway Slaves upon capture were to be return to their masters. This help contribute to the Civil War by giving Northeners a better perspevtive of what a slave went through and this help the Abolitionist Movement to expand which would cause more friction between both sides because it gave more authority to slave owners and it open a greater need for an Under Ground Railroad. -
The Compromise Of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 have many big names behind it and too of those were Henry Clay , and Stephen A. Douglas. The Compromise defused some tension between the South and North, but this didnt mean it wasent going to cause problems that would cause a Civil War .Two of those problems were that Free States had power in congress while the north didnt and it stop the slave trade in the US which cause more tension for a Civil War. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe the author of this book was a Abolitinist that created this novel that showed the reality of a Slaves life. This Novel led to the Civil War by helping Northeners open their eyes to the real cruelness of Slavery and also by furthering the cause of Abolotion. This also created more tension between the North and South. This also led to Abraham Lincoln saying ''so your the little lady who created this great War'' -
Kansa - Nebraska Act
The Kansaa - Nebraska Act was an Act that open new settlement territories and it repeal the Missouri Compromise and it allow its people to decided Slavery by Popular Sovereignty. This help strat a Civil War by overtuning part of the Missouri Compromise and it put less restriction on Slavery on the new areas. This also contributed to a Civil War by creating an unbalanced congress. -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott was a Slave that was suing for his freedom and loss, and this decision help strat conversations of a Civil War by overtuning all of the Missouri Compromise, also by establishing Non Citizen Ship for African Americans and it showed that the court sided with the south which created a greater divide between both sides. -
John Brown's Raid On Harper's Ferry
John Brown was a Abolitinist that try to strat a Slave Revolt at Harpers Ferry, His attempt might had fell but this didnt mean that he didnt help contribute to the begining of a Civil War. John Brown help lead to the Civil War by causing a division of Nation and Abolitinist called him a Hero and he convinced the South that the North was on the path of destruction of Slavery. he would also contribute by causing a Southern State to secede from the Union -
Abraham Lincoln Elected
The Election of Abraham Lincoln was the final major event that led to the Civil War. This led to the Civil War by putting an Anti-Slavery president in office. It also led to this by angering the South and cause their threat of secession. This is also known as the final straw of War.
