Civil War Timeline from the Southern perspective- Joey Cortes, Alex Viruet , Giovanni cutri
By SchroederJ
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The invention of cotton gin
Eli Whitney- invented of the cotton gin. This made the production of cotton thrive and thus more slaves were needed to keep up with the demand -
Uncle toms cabin
Uncle tom's cabin was published on March 20th 1852. The book impacted the north in a positive way. in the south it was against the law to buy the book. -
Dred Scotts second argument with supreme court
he Supreme Court heard the second arguments of the case. -
Supreme court rules against Dred Scott
Chief Justice Taney stated that Negroes were not citizens. Living in free states did not make Dred Scott a free man. The court declared that the provision that permitted Congress to prohibit slavery in the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional -
Dred scott and family freed
Irene Emerson married a man that opposed slavery, John Sanford died, and Irene rEmerson returned Dred Scott and his family to the Blow family. The Blow family freed Dred Scott and his family. -
Brown and douglas meet
Brown met with Fredrick Douglass and tried to convince him to come with him at Harpers Ferry. -
John browns attack was unsuccessful
Brown and 21 other men attack Harpers Ferry, but are not succesful. -
Brown was hanged
Brown was hanged and killed. -
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Attack on fort sumter
The major cause of the civil war
was the southern rebels attacking first by firing the first shot
