Timeline

By smartboi

  • The Missouri Compromise

    The Missouri Compromise
    Video about Missouri Compromise1. In February of 1819, a bill was proposed that would put Missouri in the Union as a free state. The Southern representatives argued that it would make the balance of power uneven, because there were 11 free states and 10 slave states at the time.
    2. On March 3, 1820 a compromise was reached where Missouri entered as a slave state and Maine, which used to be part of Massachusetts, became a free state.
    3. The compromize was criticized by the North and the South, making it a cause of the war.
  • Period: to

    Causes of the Civil War

  • The Fugitive Slave Acts

    The Fugitive Slave Acts
    Video done by PBS about the fugitive slave act1. The Fugitive Slave Acts said that local governments could capture and return slaves who had run away.
    2. The fugitive slave law came into existence after thousands of slaves had run away. The Southern politicians put pressure on Congress to allow them to retrieve their runaway slaves.
    3. The law was very controversial because people were forced to help the slave owners find their slaves whether they wanted to or not. That angered abolitionists and makes it big event leading to the Civil war.

  • The Compromise of 1850

    The Compromise of 1850
    Article from History.com about compromise of 18501. The compromise of 1850 settled disputes over land gained in the Mexican- American war (1846-1848).
    2. It entered California as a free state, and it added the territories of Utah and New Mexico. Whether those states were slave states or free states was decided by popular sovereignty. Also,it ended slave trade in Washington, D.C. 3. It led to the civil war when the problems it had fixed became worse several years later.

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Uncle Tom's Cabin
    sparknotes for Uncle Tom's Cabin1. Uncle Tom's cabin was an anti-slavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe about an elderly slave who was killed by his master. It sold 300,000 copies in 3 months.
    2. She lived in Cincinnati and met many slaves who were on the underground railroad. She wrote her novel after the Fugitive Slave Act was passed.
    3. It made a big impact on Americans because it changed the way they looked at slavery, and showed them the evils of it. That is why it led to the civil war.

  • Kansas-Nebraska act

    Kansas-Nebraska act
    An article by usHistory.com about the kansas nebraska act1. The Kansas- Nebraska allowed settlers to decide whether they would be free of slave states, as suggested by Stephen Douglas.
    2. Slave owners and abolitionists began to kill each other, both sides trying to gain an advantage on whether the state would become free or slave.
    3. It led to the civil war because it showed how serious people were over the issue of slavery.

  • Pottowatomi Creek Killings

    Pottowatomi Creek Killings
    PBS video about pottawatomie killings1. During bleeding Kansas, a man named John Brown and 4 of his sons tried to be vigilante.
    2. They went to Pottowatomi Creek in Kansas and murdered 5 slavery supporters in the middle of the night. John Brown claimed that God had told him to do it.
    3. It surprised many people at how violent John Brown was. It also angered many people, making it a cause of the Civil war.

  • Dred Scott Decision

    Dred Scott Decision
    PBS video about the Dred Scott decision1. Dred Scott was a slave who belonged to John Emerson. Emerson died and abolitionsists helped him sue Emerson's widow to gain his freedom.
    2. Northerners wanted Scott freed, and Southerners wanted him to stay a slave. It was eventually ruled that blacks couldn't be citizens, and therefore couldn't file lawsuits.
    3. The Dred Scott decision repealed the Missouri compromise, making Southerners love it and Northerners hate it. It caused a division and that's why it led to the civil war.

  • Lincoln- Douglass Debates

    Lincoln- Douglass Debates
    More details about Lincoln Douglass Debates1. Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas had 7 debates during the Illinois state election.
    2. Douglas thought that slavery should be decided by popular sovereignty, while Lincoln believed that the spread of slavery should be stopped.
    3. It led to the civil war because the things they debated were of huge imortance to whether slavery would grow or stop altogether.

  • Raid on Harper's Ferry

    Raid on Harper's Ferry
    Article by civilwar.org1. John Brown got together a group of 22 men and planned to raid an arsenal and start a slave revolt in Harper's Ferry, Virginia.
    2. The men secured the arsenal but no slaves came to help. The next day a group of marines came. Ten of the men were killed, and Brown was captured. He was tried and eventually he was hung on the gallows.
    3. It lead to the civil war by destroying any chance the North and the South had of getting along and it made the 1860 election very important.

  • Election of 1860

    Election of 1860
    US History Article1. The South hugely supported Douglas, so much so that his name didn't even appear on some southern ballots.
    2. Lincoln won the election despite only recieving 40% of the popular vote.
    3. When Lincoln was elected, Southern states started to leave the Union. By the time that he was inaugurated, 7 states had seceded. This showed that the civil war was about to happen.