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The Arrival Of Slaves
The first slaves arrived in America when a Deutch ship landed by accident on Jamestown, Virgina, 1619 with African slaves aboard. This led to the Cival War because slavery brought many issues that Americans later fought over about. -
The Missouri Compromise
Although the Missouri Compromise settled the disputement about whether Missouri would enter the Union as a slave state or a free-slave state, it did not fix future problems which led to the Civil War. The compromise allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, and Maine as a free-slave state in order to keep the balance. And it also prohibited future states to become slave states 36°,30° north of the Lousiana Purchase. -
Anexation Of Texas
Although Americans believed in manifest destiny, when it came to the anexation of Texas, not everyone was thrilled about it. There were people who opposed the idea of Texas becoming a state of the union , and there were southern hotheads who would say "Texas or Disunion". The Anexation of Texas led to the Civil War because imbalance in the senate would later become an issue that would create controversy regardless of whether Texas were to become a slave state or a free-slave state. -
California Gold Rush
After James Marshall found gold in the American River on 1848, many people left their homes and made the move to the west coast (California) during 1849, in pursuit to find gold and become rich. This event led to the civil war because soon enough the state would reach the number of people needed to become a state. This part of America was not part of the Louisiana Purchase, therefore the debate of whether is would be a free-slave state or not would occur again. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Although the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo put an end to the Mexican- American War, the signing of this treaty was an event that led up to the American Civil War. On the negotiation of the treaty Mexico ceded to the United States upper California and New Mexico. These would later become targets of whether these states would become slave states or not. -
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act stated that slaves were to be returned to their owners even if they were in a free state. And it also made the goverment responsible for findin, and returning, slaves who had accomplished to escaped or trying to escape. This act led to the civil war, because many African- Americans who were actually free were being kidnapped and acused of being runaway slaves. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This novel published by Harriet Beecher caused great comotion amongst Americans about slavery. The publishing of this novel led to the Civil War because the novel brought the attention of many abolitionists by telling a story of how families were separated when owners of slaves sold various family members to different owners. It also gave the reader an idea of what the masters of slaves would force the slaves to do, and their harsh punishments. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This act allowed each state to vote whether slavery would be allowed within each state. This act led to the civil war because after this act was passed there were many confrontations between people who were pro slavery and abolitionists that resulted in violence. -
Potawatomie Creek Massacre
After Lawrence, John Brown and six other people (4 of which were his sons) murdered 5 pro slavery people at Potawatomie Creek Massacre. This event led to the Civil War because Brown didn't just killed this pro slavery people, he murdered them. He chopped them into pieces and left them there as a message of what would happen to those who supported slavery. This event caused great commotion amongst abolitionists and pro slavery people. -
Harpers Ferry
John Brown with the help of other followers, took control over a U.S. arsenal at Harper's Ferry Virginia. Not only did they kill people during the process, but they also took hostages. This led to the Civil War because it showed what some abolitionists were willing to do in order to end slavery.
