catalysts to civil war

By adammongson

  • invention of the cotton gin

    click here weakened the south and made the north stronger.

  • missouri compromise

    argument between slave states and non slave states.
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    liberator was published

    news paper of abolionist

  • nat turners rebellion

    rebellion of slaves.

  • wilmont proviso

    intended to end Mexican American war
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    underground railroad

    trail that slaves used to escape slavery

  • comprimise of 1850

    fiver separate bills passed to defuse tension between slaves and free people

  • uncle toms cabin was published

    click here book about the harsh reality of slavery

  • kansas-nebraska act

    creation of the states of Kansas and Nebraska

  • dred scott decision

    click here court case

  • election of 1816

    click here james Monroe won this election

  • fort sumter fired upon

    standoff between confederates and union ship