Civil War Cause timeline

By 22jmason
  • Northwest Ordinence

    Northwest Ordinence

    This event got The US the territory that expands from Ohio to Illinois and up to eastern Minnesota. This led to the Civil war by being an area that is anti slavery (The Union)
  • 3/5 Compromise

    3/5 Compromise

    This event allowed for 3/5 of the slave population to be counted towards the total population. It led to the Civil war by excluding the humanity of the slaves and making them seem more like property.
  • Fugitive slave act

    Fugitive slave act

    This event let slave owners who had an escaped slave to have their slave found and returned. Like the 3/5 compromise, this made slaves more like property than actual people
  • Invention of cotton gin

    Invention of cotton gin

    Eli Whitney created the cotton gin, he was patented with it on March 14th, 1794 but wasn't validated until 1807. This led to the civil war by increasing the need for slaves working the cotton gins
  • Ban on slave importation

    Ban on slave importation

    Like the name suggests, this was a ban on slave importation; no slave could be imported to the United States. This angered the south because then all of the slave would have to be "home grown"
  • Missouri Comprimise

    Missouri Comprimise

    Granted Missouri statehood as a slave state
  • Nat Turner Rebellion

    Nat Turner Rebellion

    Rebel slaves, led by Nat Turner killed from 55 to 60 people. At least 51 were white
  • South Carolina Nullification Crisis

    South Carolina Nullification Crisis

    South Carolina declared tariffs of 1828 and 1832 are unconstitutional
  • Orginization of the underground railroad

    Orginization of the underground railroad

    Slaves established a network of routes and safe houses that helped slaves escape captivity and gain freedom
  • Wilmot Proviso

    Wilmot Proviso

    Prohibited slavery in the land gained from the mexican war
  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    Ended the Mexican war and gained America the land of Arizona and California
  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850

    Popular sovereignty was proposed in the new territories
  • Publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin

    It was a story telling of the poor life of a slave, angered the South
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Allowed people in the Kansas-Nebraska area to vote with popular sovereignty
  • Bleeding Kansas

    Bleeding Kansas

    Was an attack made by John Brown on slave owners
  • Charles Sumner Attack

    Charles Sumner Attack

    A man named Charles Sumner was beaten in the senate with a cane
  • Dred Scott Decision

    Dred Scott Decision

    The Supreme Court declared that slaves are property and don't have a right to go to court
  • Harper's Ferry

    Harper's Ferry

    John Brown raided the arms safe at harpers ferry Virginia, hoping that the slaves would help start a rebellion
  • Lincoln's Election

    Lincoln's Election

    Abraham Lincoln is voted into the presidential office
  • South Carolina seceeds from the Union

    South Carolina seceeds from the Union

    South Carolina was declared the first slave to declare secession from the United States