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Decrease in Whigs
As the republican party rose in popularity the Whigs decreased which didn't help the south because the republicans didn't like slavery. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This was an Act passed by the government that allowed the citizens of Kansas to vote on whether slavery should be allowed in Kansas or not. This led to years of debates and even led to people getting killed because of where they stood on the issue. -
Abraham's Election
Lincoln was elected which led to the growth of the republican party, which didn't approve of slavery. -
The rejection of Crittenden Compromise.
The South wanted to protect slavery from federal interference, which was approved, and they also wanted to expand slave states all the way to California, which wasn't approved. So the bill wasn't passed. -
States Rights
The South felt that the Federal Government was taking away the rights and powers of the states. -
Expansion of Slavery
The Southern states wanted to expand slavery into parts of Mexico and to western America, but Abraham Lincoln disagreed with the expansion of slavery -
First Secession
South Carolina seceded from the union that led other southern states to secede. -
Slavery
There was a big difference on opinions on slaves between the North and South, which when added to a republican president led to the main cause for secession and the civil war. -
Attack on Fort Sumter
The South attacked Fort Sumter as an answer to Abraham's demand that they either rejoin the union or face war.
