Causes of the Civil War Timeline By tmurphee Period: 1760 to 1840 American Industrial Revolution Period: 1790 to 1840 Second Great Awakening 1794 Creation of Cotton Gin 1803 Louisiana Purchase 1820 Missouri Compromise Period: Aug 21, 1831 to Aug 23, 1831 Nat Turner’s Rebellion Period: 1832 to 1833 Nullification Crisis Period: Apr 25, 1846 to Feb 2, 1848 Mexican-American War Period: Jan 24, 1848 to 1855 California Gold Rush 1850 Compromise of 1850 Jun 5, 1851 Uncle Tom’s Cabin is written by Harriet Beecher Stowe Jul 5, 1852 Frederick Douglass gives his 4th of July Speech May 30, 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act Period: 1855 to 1861 Bleeding Kansas May 22, 1856 Attack on Charles Sumner 1857 Dred Scott v Sanford Period: Oct 16, 1859 to Oct 18, 1859 Raid on Harpers Ferry Nov 6, 1860 Election of 1860 Dec 20, 1860 Southern Secession Period: Apr 12, 1861 to Apr 13, 1861 Shots fired at Ft. Sumter
