causes of the civil war timeline and tension meter!

By dejaw
  • the cotton gin

    the cotton gin

    It increased demand for slavery. The south becomes dependent on slave labor
  • The missouri compromise

    The missouri compromise

    slavery wil not be allowed above the 36 30 line maine enters as a free state missouri enters as a slave state
  • William Lloyd Garnson

    William Lloyd Garnson

    published an abolitionist newspaper called "the liberator".
  • Nat turner

    Nat turner

    slave rebellion- scared southern whites; leads to stronger slave laws
  • wilmot proviso

    wilmot proviso

    stated all land gained from Mexico would be free- angered southerners- Never passed
  • underground railroad

    underground railroad

    passage many slaves took to escape with help from northerners
  • compromise of 1850

    compromise of 1850

    *california enters as a free state
    *slave trade outlawed in washington D.C
    *territories will use popular sovereignty to determine slave status
    *passage of the fugitive slave law
  • Republican party created

    Republican party created

    official platform was to stop the expansion of slavery.
  • election of 1860

    election of 1860

    Republican:Lincoln
    Democrats:split into 2
    Parties:breckenridgge&Douglas
    Constitution Party: Bell
    LINCOLN WINS!!!!
  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter

    1st official battle of the civil war!