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Invention of the Cotton Gin
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Missouri Compromise
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Cotton Gin in Slavery - 1830s
The invention the cotton gin was very significant in the cause of the Civil War because it did not just make more cotton, but it also made the slaves work extra hard and tons more. This basically caused slavery to become way more depented in the south, and made it almost impossible to stop slavery without conflicts, which will end up to be a war. -
Compromise of 1850
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin is a novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe and it is a World-Wide Best Selling book. This book didn't just make some northerners think differently, but it also impacted greatly in Europe. You see, Europe was against slavery, so this book made them realized that the all cotton they were purchasing was labor from slaves, and it turned them against the south. -
Kansas - Nebraska Act
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Dred Scott Decision
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Lincoln - Douglas Debates
These debates was important to the cause of the Civil War because even though Lincoln lost the debates, it made him really well-known and helped him a lot during the presidental election. -
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
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Election of Lincoln
The election of Lincoln as president of the United States was very important to the cause of the Civil War because it caused South Carolina to secede from the union. -
Secession of South Carolina
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Attack on Fort Sumter
The attack on Fort Sumter was the last and most important cause of the Civil War because it was the first attack in the Civil War. South Carolina attacked on Fort Sumter and caused the Amercian forces that were guarding the fort to surrender.
