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The Northwest Oridinance of 1787
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 settled the Northwest territory as well as set up a policy for any new states that where to be added to the nation. When the population of settlers in a territory reached around 60,000 residents, te territory could actually be tried as a full on state. Within the territories, the Ordinance of 1787 provided many civil liberties as well as education. -
The Northwest Oridinance of 1787 (Cont.)
The Northwest Ordinane prohibited slavery in the Northwest states. This prohibition angered the south, adding to some of the rising tensions. Southerners relied on slave labor to power thier farms and to do other manual labor and The Ordinance of 1787 got in the way of that. As a result, some southerners often avoided the ordinance and did not follow by it. -
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Religious/ Second Great Awakening
Different religions started spreading world wide, creating rivals and competition with the churches.The different thinking from science base thoughts had given people inspiration and women became more involved with religions. People focused on reforming the U.S by advocating the social and political changes. From one belief to another it was caused many debates. Changing the way people think and their belief would lead to bigger problems dealing with political that can lead to the Civil War. -
The Missouri Compromise
Tensions reached a boiling point after Missouri’s 1819 request for admission to the Union as a slave state, which threatened to upset the balance between slave states and free states. To keep the balance, Congress made a two part compromise, maing Missouri a slave state but also admitting Maine as a free state. Tesnions arose through these decisions made by congress. -
The Missouri Compromise (Cont.)
The Missouri Compromise was criticized by many southerners because it established the idea that Congress could make laws regarding slavery. The North however really did not want the slave states to outnumber the free states so they pretty much accepted it since it was the best solution presented, but that does not mean they enjoyed it because that is not the case. Nevertheless, this at least held the union together for a while until the ultimate climax between the Southerners and the Northerners -
John Tyler as President (Cont.)
Before he died, Tyler voted for Virginia’s secession from the Union and was elected to the Confederate Congress. This is major when talking of the civil war. Tyler, once president of the United States of America chose to represent Virginia instead of the union. The former prsident was a confederate. -
John Tyler as President
Representing the Whig Party, he was the first vice president to become president due the death of President William Henry Harrison. Tyler was sworn in as the 10th president of the United States in 1841. He was both pro tarriffs as well as pro bank. Tyler was sort of disowned by the whigs after vetoeing many of the laws they attempted to pass, including the fiscal bank. -
Women's Roles/ Women Revolting
Women played the role of just staying home, cleaning, helping with the children while the men go out and work. Men had more rights, like keeping all the property once they’re married and having the power to vote. During this time women wanted to avoid marriage. With the help of Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton etc, they held a women’s convention at Seneca Falls, NY in 1848. Women wanted more rights and wanted to reform the D.O.I to say that all men and women were created equally. -
Women's Roles/ Women Revolting (Cont.)
Married women’s legal rights in Antebellum America were very little which can cause the civil war. They couldn’t keep property, bring any lawsuits. Fighting for their rights weren’t easy, the Civil War circled around the women’s rights and slavery. Women wanted to have as much say as men does and they fought for it. Women started joining political groups that had dealt with the Civil War. -
Plantation Life
With the cotton gin invented in the South, they needed more slaves to work the factory and the farms. The South smuggled slaves over even though that was illegal.Slavery increased a lot based on natural reproduction and some owners breeding their slaves. Slaves were investments and were treated like animals. Leading to the civil war slavery was a big cause. The north fought for the slaves and thought they should be free but the South needed them to work so they would had fought for the opposite -
Duel between Sumner and Brookes
Charles Sumner was a abolitionist and a leader of the Republican Party gave a speech on the things going on in Missouri also mudslinging South Carolina's senator Andrew Butler.State Representitive thought Sumner was being rude by talking bad about his state and about his relative, so two days later Brookes went into Sumners office and beat him with is cane. -
Dred Scott case
Dred Scott's case ruled that he was considered a slave not a citizen. This meant he was considered property in the constitution not a man. He was not entitled to the same rights as a 'white man'. The opposers of the case ( those against Dred Scott) used Amendment 5 to display there accusation that Dred Scott was a slave not a man. Stating that "...because a slave was private property, he or she could be taken into any territory and legally held there in slavery"; caused society to react. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
Uncle Tom's Cabin was a book published in March 20th 1857 by Harriet Beecher Stowe. The novel discussed the issues and conditions of slavery. Several hundred thousand copies were published in the fist year and many translated. This novel was very important in history because it really showed people the bad side of slavery. -
Panic of 1857
The Panic of 1857 was caused by the in-coming increase in California gold. The crash caused people to become unemployed. The unemployment caused hunger. The crash also caused 5,000 businesses to fail. The north was put under financial distress while in the south slavery couldn't flourish on 160 acres. Due to the Panic of 1857, riots for higher tariff rates occurred. This caused the congress to enact the 'Tariff of 1857'. The Panic of 1857 was one of the opening events of the civil war. -
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Lincoln V.S Douglas
Lincoln initially challenged Douglas to a series of debates. Seven meetings occurred where the two candidates who wanted the spot as a senator, disputed on politics. Deposite Douglas becoming the nominee to have one, majority of his opinions were not very pleasing to a particular crowd, his strong debates on slavery slowly took a toll. At this moment in time slavery, property owning and sectionalism were causing much controversy, Douglas sparked a bigger flame. -
John Brown's Strike at Harper's Ferry
John Brown decided to invade the south to gain freedom for the slaves, arm the slaves, and end slavery all together. John Brown decided to invade the federal Arsenal.While doing so he killed innocent people including a 'black' slave. Though the slaves had no idea what he was trying to do, Lieutenant Colonel Robert E. Lee sent the marines to go and capture Brown and eventually kill him;he was convicted of murder and treason.This sat well with the northerners but the southerners wanted to leave. -
Free African Americans
When the African American's were free, it usually meant that thier owners had died. Some free African's owned the property they had and kept slaves themselves. Although they were free they still didn't have much rights, like the right to vote or to have a certain job. This would lead to Civil War because the free Africans would feel as so they should have the same rights since they are free but people from the South and North wouldn't agee so and would cause an debate. -
Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln was elected to be the president of the United States. Receiving 59% of electoral votes, not to mention he wasn't even on the ballots in the depth of the south. He was the 16th president and very memorable.
Every President is essentially important as well as the actions they perform for the states. His victory in fact causes the southern startes to separate from the rest which played a huge role in the start of the civil war. -
Ordinance of secession
A convention in Charleston, SC, passes ordinance of succession.In which the people spoke upon their feelings of unfairness against their property. How they felt their rights of owning their own property was being taken away
Citizens took the rights of owning their own property seriously, and felt they were being denied the rights by the government despite them being established in the consitution. Startling a variety of cases and debates, many angry citizens. -
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States Secedes
Shortly after president Lincoln is elected over the corpse of January, the southern startes slowly seceded from the union. As well as a few states forming. Until eventually the south had become separated from the north, basically where the line from the Missouri compromise laid.
This is a major key in the events leading to the war, this is the start of seperstion and sectionalism. A reasoning of why they had began fighting and which states were loyal to who. -
Confederate States leader
During the month of February Jefferson Davis was elected to be the leader of the confederate states by delegates.
Now that the confederate states are formed, they now have a leader someone making decisions for them. Leading them through a possible war, it certainly became official at this point. -
War begins
South Carolina's Fort Sumner is fired by the confederates. This the beginning of a very inevitable war. Whereas this was just the start but it officially began at this moment.
This one event took a toll and escalated finally starting this very anticipated war. All the events leading up to this sparked this very important event. -
John Brown Dispute
John Brown was a very dedicated abolitionist who hated slave owners. He belived stongly that the only way to end slavery was to overthrow the idea of slavery with war. So one day John Brown and his sons led a group of men to attack pro-lavery residents. He beileved that he was doing the work of God so he continued on by trying to free slaves only to result in more people getting hurt including slaves.
