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Road to the Civil War
The events that lead up to the Civil War. -
The Beginning
In 1619 a Dutch slave ship was whipped off course by a hurricane,which resulted in them landing in Virginia. This is the bases for what will become a civil war, the reason why there is a civil war, the struggle between slavery and freedom. -
An act of congress
1787, the borders of slavery were set. The President at the time, George Washington signed the NorthWest Ordinance of 1787. The territory between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River prohibits the practice of slavery. This signified an importance in the problem with slavery. -
The Cotton Gin
The invention of the Cotton Gin by Eli Whitney contributed to the tention leading up to the Civil War, it defined an economic difference between the North and South. -
The Treaty of Hidalgo
The Treaty of Hidalgo marked the official ending of the Mexican war, Mexico "gave up" 525,000 square miles of land to the United States. This meant more territory for the Abolishonists and Pro-slavery parties to fight over, one of many contributing factors to the Civil war. -
The Compromise
On September 9, 1850, In the Compromise of 1850 (suggested by Henry Clay) , California was admitted as a free state to the union, the balance was once again tipped, the number of representitives in the senate for pro-slavery was higher then Abolishonists. Yet again, a struggle between freedom and slavery, the two parties fight over this both physically and verbally. -
The slave act of 1850
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, signed by Millard Filmore, allowed the recapturing of slaves in free states by a slave hunter. This sparked a fuse in the the struggle between freedom and slavery, freed slaves could be returned to slavery if found. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
With the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe the abolitionist party gained a lot of new members. Word of the cruelty of slavery spread amongst the people in the North. This tightened the tention between the two parties, more people were getting involved. -
Lemmon v. New York
On November 6, 1852 the supreme court ruled that slaves brought to New York are deemed free. Slave owners were up in arms, if slaves were to excape to New York, they would be "out of luck". -
John Brown's actions
Tentions tightened with the actions that John Brown took to abolish slavery, on October 16, 1859 he raided a federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry in order to obtain arms for slaves to kill off their owners. -
The Election of Abraham Lincoln
On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United States. The South believed that he was a abolishonist, that he was going to take away their slaves, so they decided to succeed from the nation. This fueled the civil war, the nation was falling apart all because of slavery.
