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States Right Doctrine
This granted political power to the U.S. and not just the federal government. This helped lead to the Civil War because it caused the debate whether or not the federal government had the right to abolish or regulate slavery in an individual state. -
Cotton Gin
The machine created by Eli Whitney that quickly separates cotton fibers from their seeds, allowing the job to be faster and more efficient. This was a leading cause of the Civil War because it increased a desire to keep slavery. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner led an uprising in southern Virginia, killing many people during this event. This eventually lead to fifty-five slaves being executed including Turner, although it seems like it was a terrible defeat, it is really a moral uprising for some slaves. It kind of encourages them to go out and fight for their rights to be free. Therefore, this event lead to the civil war because it caused many people to think differently about slavery and want to fight against it. -
Penny Press
Cheap newspaper mass produced in the United States. This invention led to the start of the Civil War because it showed little snitbits of what was going on within the war, and it sparked more and more debte. Therefore, leding into the Civl War. -
Nat Turner Slave Rebellion
The Nat Turner Slave Rebellion took place in Southhampton, County, Virginia, many people were killed. This event led to the Civil War because once all the slaves saw this happen, although it wasn't exactly "a battle won" it was a moral battle that was won between slaves because now they have confidnce in them selves to finally fight back. -
The Wilmot Proviso
David Wilmot proposed a piece of legislation if passed it would have outlawed slavery in territories owned by the United States. He fought for his plan for two years and came up empty. But, it did lead to the topic of succession, and as we know succession was a very big leading cause of the Civil War -
Publishing of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin was published in 1852 by Harriet Beecher Stowe, known as the book that started the Civil War. This led to the Civil War because the northerners felt as though their eyes opened to slsvery and they realized how bad it was and the South didn't like it very mich. So it led to many conflicts between the North part of the U.S. ad the Sputh part of the U.S. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
A law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether or not to allow slavery. This event ultimately led to the Civil War because it arose conflicts between pro and anti-slavery settlers which led to Bleeding Kansas and helped pave the way to the Civil War -
Abraham Lincoln elected president
Abraham being a Republican, and very much against slavery, really sparked some hard feelings in the deep south. There was so much controversy in the South about him becoming president because of his beliefs. This event ultimately led to the Civil War because the North supported him and the South didn't. -
U.S. splitting into Northern and Southern
The North and the South had very different views on slavery, it would often cause debates and violence. It was so bad that they split up into two different sorts of nations. This was a leading cause of the Civil War because since they had such different veiws and couldnt agree on anything the only way out was a fight. -
Bleeding Kansas
A period of violence during the settling of Kansas territory. Violent pro-slavery border people went into Kansas and tried to establish Kansas as a slave state. It is said to have started the Republican party and that's how it started the Civil War. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
With succession, several forts became outposts in a foreign land. On April 12, 1861, Confederate warships turned back the supply to Fort Sumter and opened up a 34 hour bomb attack and made the garrison surrender. This was known as the battle that offically started the Civil War
