Causes of the Civil War

  • Period: to

    American Industrial Revolution

    The American Industrial Revolution was the change from handicraft to machine manufacturing in factories.
  • Second Great Awakening

    Second Great Awakening
    The Second Great Awakening was known as a period of renewed social importance of religion.
  • Creation of Cotton Gin

    Creation of Cotton Gin
    Cotton Gin was a machine created by Eli Whitney in order to separate cotton from it’s seeds.
  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase
    The Louisiana Purchase was a land deal between the United States and France.
  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise
    The Missouri Compromise was when the US was split into two halves, half free, half slave.
  • Period: to

    Nat Turner’s Rebellion

    Turner’s Rebellion was an act of violence. Turner killed enslavers and those related to them.
  • Period: to

    Nullification Crisis (President Jackson)

    The Nullification Crisis was when Jackson threatened the nation’s power.
  • Period: to

    Mexican American War

    The Mexican American War was an armed conflict between Mexico and the United States over land.
  • California Gold Rush

    California Gold Rush
    The Gold Rush is when gold was found, bringing about 300,000 people to California.
  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850
    A package of 5 separate bills passed by congress, which set off the slave and free states.
  • Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”

    Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
    The novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, gave others an idea on how slaves were treated.
  • Frederick Douglass gives July 4th Speech

    Frederick Douglass gives July 4th Speech
    The speech was given to ask his audience “What to the slave is the Fourth of July?”
  • Period: to

    “Bleeding Kansas”

    In Bleeding Kansas, 5,000 pro-slavery men invaded the territory in 2 months, 300 men died during the killing.
  • Attack on Charles Sumner

    Attack on Charles Sumner
    A pro-slavery Democrat attacked Sumner, an abolitionist Republican with a metal topped cane.
  • Dred Scott v Sanford

    Dred Scott v Sanford
    The case was on whether Americans if African descent were free or not.
  • Period: to

    Raid on Harper’s Ferry

    The raid was led by John Brown, an abolitionist who wanted to start a slave revolt in Southern states.
  • Election of 1860

    Election of 1860
    The election of 1860 was a presidential election, which was only the second time a Republican ran in the election.
  • Southern Secession

    Southern Secession
    The Southern Secession was a union (besides 11 slave states) that followed the election of Abraham Lincoln.
  • Period: to

    Shoots fired at Ft. Sumter

    This was the official start of fighting in the American Civil War. Union troops (northern troops) stationed at Ft. Sumter in South Carolina were attacked by the South Carolina militia. Union troops lost and surrendered the fort to the Confederate militia.