road to the civil war

By cadoretn19

  • first slaves come in

  • Cotton gin

    made cotton industry boom and production rate was much higher so needed more slaves to supply demand

  • tariffs on European goods

    southerners depended on it
    helped north american market

  • abolitionist news paper

    first news paper of abolitionist

  • gimke sisters

    2 sisters abolitionist and equal rights

  • missuri compromise

    land south of 30 36 n' is slave state only applied to the

  • anti-slavery society

    against slavery group of "big" people

  • creation of Liberia

    play ein africa for free slaves to go
  • Period: to

    Underground railroad

    route of getting slaves out of the south

  • texas annexation

    Another slave state?????

  • Mexican American war won

    more land for slavery
    South happy
    north mad

  • free- soil party

    one goal to keep slavery out of western territories

  • wilmot proviso

    and Mexican cession land all free
    north was happy
    south mad
    over righted eventually

  • compromise of 1850

  • uncle toms cabin

    told north of what was happening in south
    south though it was fake news

  • kansas nebraska- act

    split territory in 2 slaves by popular sovereignty
    made north made broke Missouri comp
    south happy more slave states

  • california slaves or no slaves

    they finally say no

  • Bleeding Kansas

    border ruffians vs abolitionist

  • Republican Party

    didn't like slavery goal was to keep it out of west

  • Dred Scott Case

    Made him slave and made northerners mad
    south happy

  • John Brown

    North praised South hated

  • 1860 election / Abraham Lincoln

    Disliked slavery and wanted to get rid of it

  • south secede

    South makes confederate sates America

  • attack on fort sumter

    South want full control of south
    real start of civil war