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Events that led to the Civil War
disagreements over slavery, states vs. federal rights, the election of Abraham Lincoln, and the economy -
Events that led to the Civil War
John Brown, an abolitionist, led a raid in Harper's Ferry in October 1859, in present-day West Virginia in an attempt to start a slave uprising. -
Events that led to the Civil War
disagreements over slavery, states vs. federal rights, the election of Abraham Lincoln, and the economy -
Events that led up to the Civil War
On April 11, 1861, the Confederacy fired at Fort Sumter in South Carolina beginning the Civil War. -
Events that led to the Civil War
Though the Civil War began the movement to extend equality to African Americans, the promises of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments provide easier to accomplish in theory rather than in practice. The promising start towards racial equality soon faltered during the tensions of Reconstruction and laws were soon enacted across the country which enforced segregation of the races and the second-class status of African Americans.