Causes of the Civil War

VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE STRENGTHENS MANUMISSION LAWS FOR FREED SLAVES. (Attacking and defending slavery) (Defending)

Aug 2, 1800

( Gabriel Prosser raises rebellion of 1,000 slaves: 35 slaves executed.(The Growing divide after 1850)

Dec 2, 1800

NEW JERSEY STATE REMOVES VOTING RIGHTS OF BLACK CITIZENS. (Attacking and defending slavery) (Defending)

Dec 2, 1807

SLAVE TRADE OUTLAWED BY PRESIDENT JEFFERSON. (Attacking and defending slavery) (Attacking)

Jan 1, 1808

CHARLES DESLANDES SPARKS RIOT OF 500 SLAVES NEAR NEW ORLEANS. (Attacking and defending slavery) (Attacking)

Jan 8, 1811

AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN GAINS PATENT FROM U.S. GOVERNMENT FOR INVENTION. (Attacking defending slavery) (Attacking)

Dec 2, 1821

DENMARK VESSEY ARRESTED FOR ATTEMPT TO EMPOWER SLAVES NEAR SOUTH CAROLINA. (Attacking and defending slavery) (Attacking)

Dec 2, 1822

Concerned about plots to overthrow slavery in Charleston, South Carolina Arrests Free Blacks. (Slaves and free blacks resistance.)

Dec 2, 1823

Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison begins to publish his newspaper, The Liberator. (Slaves and free blacks resistance)

Oct 1, 1831

LOCAL SLAVE IN VIRGINIA KILLS 57 IN SLAVE REBELLION. (Attacking and defending slavery) (Attacking)

Dec 2, 1831

NORTH CAROLINA EDUCATION RESTRICTED FOR ENSLAVED BLACKS. (Attacking and defending slavery) (Defending)

Dec 2, 1831

In Southampton County, Virginia, Nat Turner leads slaves against whites.

Dec 2, 1833

first meeting of the Michigan State Anti-Slavery Society held at the First Presbyterian Church. (Slaves and free blacks resistance)

Nov 10, 1836

NEW LAWS IN OREGON FORCE RESTRICTIONS ON LOCAL BLACKS WITH EXCLUSION SERIES. (Attacking and defending slavery) (Defending)

Jun 25, 1844

FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN ADMITTED TO PRACTICE LAW IN MASSACHUSETTS. (Attacking and defending slavery) (Attacking)

Dec 2, 1845

Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner delivers his antislavery speech, "The Crime Against Kansas." (The growing divide after 1850)

May 19, 1856

Sumner delivers his antislavery speech and verbally attacks South Carolina Senator Andrew Pickens Butler. (The growing divide after 1850)

May 19, 1856

WILBERFORCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDED BY AFRICAN AMERICAN BISHOP PAIN AND CHURCH. (Attacking and defending slavery) (Attacking)

Dec 2, 1856

The U.S. Supreme Court rules (7 to 2) in Dred Scott v. Sandford that slavery is protected by the Constitution, and that a ban on slavery in the territories is unconstitutional. (The Growing divide after 1850)

May 6, 1857

FREE BLACKS IN ARKANSAS WHO REFUSE TO MOVE ARE ENSLAVED

Dec 2, 1858

President James Buchanan tries and fails to admit Kansas as a slave state. (The growing divide after 1850)

Dec 2, 1858

The Democratic Party splits as many southern delegations withdraw from the June Democratic Convention. (The growing divide after 1850)

Jan 22, 1860

Thesis Statement

Dec 2, 2011

The major cause of the Civil War was slavery , during the 1850's the north and the south clashed with opinions on how to handle the prospect. The Dred Scott v. Sanford debate over Kansas, Thomas Jefferson effectively helped to give more rights to the slaves, which went against what the southern constitution stood for- effectively resulting in a clash between the two regions.

Topic Sentences

Dec 2, 2011

1.) The Dred Scott v. Sandford debate provoked a rift in the regions on whether or not slavery is constitutional.
2.) Thomas Jefferson helped the slaves in such ways by abolishing the slave trade.
3.) The South defended it's opinion on the role the "peculiar institution."