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publishing of Uncle Tom's Cabin
The publishing of uncle tom's cabin was one of the more notable events leading to the civil war as the the publishing and more importantly the censoring of this book attracted sympathy from Northerns and europeans to the horrors occurring in the south. -
The election of Abraham Lincoln
The election of Abraham Lincoln was the proverbial last straw as with Lincoln in office the south knew that their right to slavery was endangered. And this of course leads to the bloodiest conflict in the western hemisphere. With up the 650,000m casualties. -
assassination of Abraham Lincoln
The defeat of the confederacy did not signify the defeat of racism and the ideology of whites being superior, as a southern sympathizer John Wilkes booth showed by making Abraham Lincoln the first president to be assassinated. And with Lincoln gone Andrew johnson was left to execute Lincoln's plans for reconstruction. -
15th Amendment
The 15th amendment made it so that all citizens could not be denied to vote. This amendment was the last amendment in the back to back ratification of amendments during reconstruction, One would think that with the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments would improve things and they did but the only Amendments set the foundation for further change, nothing more -
Amnesty Act
This Act basically forgave the south for their attempted secession and gave the south their governments back with the exception of reinstating confederate officers and politicians to their former ranks and offices. But with the broad amendments the south was able to create black codes,voter tests, and maintain the de facto way of life of having African Americans treated as inferior.
