Timeline: Events that Impacted the Civil War | Timetoast

Period: Jan 1, 1776 to Jan 1, 1783

American Revolution, U.S.A versus Great. Britain
Jul 4, 1776

Declaration of Independence. United States begin!

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Period: Jan 1, 1783 to Jan 1, 1787

Articles of Confederation

Causes Shay's Rebellion
Jan 1, 1787

Constitution Convention; a need for a better structure of government.

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Period: Jan 1, 1787 to Jan 1, 1860

Events leading up to the Civil War; events that impacted the Civil War.
May 1, 1787

The Making and Ratification of the Constitution, 1787.

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May 1, 1787

The 3/5 Compromise solved the debate if slaves were counted in representation.

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Jan 1, 1791

The Bill of Rights restricted the government from abuse of power and gave states/the people more rights.

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Jan 1, 1793

The Industrial Revolution changed Northerners life styles, which created another difference between the North and the South.

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Apr 1, 1793

The Cotton Gin inflamed slavery in the South.

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Jan 1, 1798

State's Rights was an idea that states had the power to judge if a law was Constitutional or not. However this never went into play.

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Jan 1, 1803

France decided to sell Louisiana to the U.S. for $15 million. This was known as the Louisiana Purchase

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Jan 1, 1815

Nationalism returned to the United States after the War of 1812.

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Jan 1, 1820

Missouri asked to be admitted to the Union as a slave state so to balance the power Maine was passed as a free state. This was called the Missouri Compromise

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Jan 1, 1830

President Jackson and Congress forced thousands of Indians out of their homelands to west of the Mississippi. This law was called the Indian Removal Act.

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Nov 1, 1830

Southerners were angry about the high tarrifs Congress were passing, so John C. Calhoun purposed the doctrine of nullification.

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Jan 1, 1831

Nat Turners and other slaves attacked many plantations and killed about 55 white settlers. This was known as Nat Turners Rebellion

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Jan 1, 1840

The Underground Railroad was a network of escape routes Northerners created to free slaves.

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May 1, 1846

Debates over Texas created the Mexican-American War, with the U.S. winnning.

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Jan 1, 1850

The Compromise of 1850 gave both the North and South pros and cons.

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Jan 1, 1852

Uncle Tom's Cabin Cabin lit a flame in Northerners, making them hungry for slavery to be demolished.

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Jan 1, 1854

The Kansas-Nebraska Act divided the Great Plains into two territories which followed the law of popular sovereignty.

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Jan 1, 1857

During the Dred Scott Case, Congress said that slavery was up to the states. This was good news for the South.

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Jan 1, 1859

John Brown's Raid was the final straw for many Southerners; they couldn't share the same Union with people who praised John Brown.

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Jan 1, 1860

The Election of 1860 put the South in a frenzy. They were afraid of what Lincoln was going to take away from them.

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Period: Jan 1, 1861 to Jan 1, 1865

Civil War (North and Union versus the South/Confederation)