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Invention of the Cotton Gin
The cotton gin is significant to the Civil War because it showed the rest of the nation how slave-dependent the south was. If the cotton gin hadn't been invented, I don't think the war wouldv'e even happened because the demand of slaves wouldn't be nearly as high. -
Missouri Compromise
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Compromise of 1850
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin had a lot to do with the Civil War. It got the whole world to know about the terrible thing the south was doing. If Uncle tom's Cabin hadn't been written, I don't think the Civil War wouldn't been so large in numbers of soilders. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Dred Scott Supreme Case
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John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry
John Brown's raid was significant to the civil war because it showed the south how serious the others were about anti-slavery. It really got people fired up about the war. -
Election of Lincoln
The election was so important to why the Civil War happened. If Douglas would've won, I don't think the Civil War would have happened, or wouldv'e been so powerful. Lincoln had won, so the south broke away, and if Lincoln wouldn't won, they would've stayed. -
Secession of South Carolina
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Attack on Fort Sumter
Attack on Fort Sumter was significant, but if it hadn't happened I think the war still wouldv'e still taken place. The people were still angry, they were still fired up, so you had to start somewhere, and it still wouldv'e broken out somewhere.
