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Bacon's Rebellion 1776-1677
Nathaniel Bacon a wealthy aristocrat bottled a lot of grievances that made him a leader for the indentured servants, propertyless, and unemployed or known as rebels. The Rebels rebelled in 1676 then in 1677. The result of the rebellion made indentured servants less wanted and slavery a more efficient, which led to an increase in slave purchased by the mid-1690's. This led to the civil war by making slavery a major cause of fighting in the civil war. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was dealing with the land we gained after the Mexican-American war (1846-1848). The quarrel was about whether California should be admitted as a free state or slave state. In the end, Henry Clay came up with a solution, which was for California to be a free state and for there to be more effective fugitive slave laws. This didn't completely satisfy all parties. This lead to the civil war by the other land that was gained from Mexico is still unclear what side they are. -
Cotton Gin-1793
The invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney contributed a lot towards the civil war. By making cotton easier to produce the sale of cotton grew exponentially.Now that cotton is the main source of profit in the south slaves became their prime source of workers. The amount of slaves increased so did the willingness of abolitionist to get rid of slavery. -
3/5 compromise-1787
The three-fifths compromise was a cause of the civil war. The three-fifth compromise was the result of the debate how slaves should be counted if they should be considered as property or people. The south wanted the slaves to be counted as people so they can gain representation in legislature. The north wanted to count slave as property so they can be taxed. This was a cause to the civil war for representation and taxation. -
The Missouri compromise-1820
The Missouri comp was a major factor in the American Civil war. The whole argument was about whether if Missouri would enter the as a free state or a slave state. In the end the compromise was that maine would enter as a free state and the line drawn at (36, 30). -
Manifest Destiny-1845
It is our obvious fate to expand North America, to land that was given to us by God for our expanding population. Manifest Destiny made us greedy about land and when the land has enough people to apply for statehood if they would be admitted as a slave state or a free state. Adding to the already existing controversy of slavery which leads to the American Civil war. -
Uncle Tom's cabin 1852
Uncle Tom's Cabin is a book about how slaves were treated. The book first appeared in antislavery weekly since then it became a slavery propaganda to citizens. So they can act upon the injustice of slavery. Since Kansas and Nebraska were territories could decide to be either free or slave state depending on popular vote. Abolitionist started moving to Kansas with guns and killed people who were in favor of slavery. Giving Kansas a gruesome nickname "Bleeding Kansas" a factor of the civil war. -
Underground Railroad 1850-1860
The underground railroad was a stepping stone that led to the civil war. The underground railroad was a system made up of abolitionists and allies who had sympathy for their cause. The system caused anger towards people who helped slaves escape. Causing a huge resentment from the southerners towards the abolitionist adding to a reason of why the civil war was fought. -
Election of Abraham Lincoln 1860
The election of Abraham Lincoln was important since the southerners demanded someone pro-slavery, while the northerners got someone who fit their ideals more. Abe won the election by the electoral votes while only receiving 2/5 of the popular votes. This enraged the southerners since he didn't support slavery. The election was a major reason for the civil, war since the southerners felt it was unjust. -
South Carolina seceded 1860
Since South Carolina seceded in 1860 because how they felt it was unjust that Honest Abe got elected as the new president since he was against slavery. The seceding of South Carolina led to civil war because they were the first state to leave setting a chain reaction that led to the civil war.
