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Invention of Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney.
His invention led to the civil war because, Cotton became 50 times more valuable. The growing of cotton became more profitable "King Cotton" and there was an Increase in slavery due to supply and demand. There was also a start in selective breeding of slaves and the most important Investment was seen as slavery ownership. -
Louisiana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson, Louisiana and territory west of it.
The Louisiana Purchase more than doubled the size of the United States. Most of the land had not been used so farmers moved with their slaves creating a conflict on wether slavery was legal in the territory. This led to the Civil War -
Missouri Compromise
Henry Clay.
The Missouri Compromise determined new territory as slave or free to keep a balance in the Senate between free and slave states. Land north of the 36,30 was considered free but people didn't think it should be automatically labeled. "Let the people decide" is what many people thought, and this led to the Civil War. -
The Liberator
William Lloyd Garrison, Boston.
The Liberator newspaper led to the civil war because it was a strong way of connecting abolitionist. The newspaper itself declared that under no circumstances would slavery be tolerated. Causing the south to fear and hate the newspaper.
The Liberator also led to the creation of The American Anti-Slavery Society in 1833. -
Treaty of Hidalgo
Nicholas Trist, General Scott.
The Treaty of Hidalgo gained enourmous amount of land for the United States. Northerners felt the war was only fought to get land and spred slavery by the south. Due to the new soil farmers moved and brought along with them their slaves. Expanding slavery into this new territory, this led to the Civil War. -
The Fugitive Slave Law
Southerners and Congress.
The fugitive slave law contributed to the civil war by it's reaction it recieved, Northerners were angered. Federal Guards had to escort runaways in 1854. States became rebellious and refused to enforce the law. The south was outraged because the north refused to enforce the law, this also led to the Civil War. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
Stephen A. Douglas.
This led to the civil war because it stated that territory status of free or slave depended on popular sovereignty, northerners felt betrayed because the missouri compromise stated that land north of the 36.30 was to be free territory. Southerners wanted to move to the new land to take advantage of the new soil. With the south expansion also came slavery expansion with also led to the Civil War. -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott & Chief Justice Tancy.
This led to the civil war because the Court ruled that slaves were propertyand that he/she can be taken into any territory and legally be held there in slavery. Also the court ruled that congress had no power to ban slavery from territories and the Compromise of 1820 and Kansas-Nebraska act were unconstitutional. All of this caused northerners to see the ruling as just an opinion and southerners were outraged by all the defiance. This led to the Civil War. -
Election of Abraham Lincoln
When Abraham Lincoln was elected President South Carolina, along with 6 other states, seceded from the Union. Abraham Lincoln was against slavery expansion so southerners disliked his ideas. This led to the Civil War. -
Attack of Fort Sumter
Abraham Lincoln, Charleston, South Carolina.
Announcing Ft.Sumter would recieve supplies not troops Abraham Lincoln warned that if the south attacked or tried to stop the ship, it would mean war. Southerners ignoring the announcement attacked the fort, this led to the Civil War.
