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Bacon's Rebellion
Nathaniel Bacon's rebellion was the cause of colonies deciding that all black slaves from Africa should go back to Africa,since they never got their freedom.The people who were against his rebellion caused conflict with the colonies it determined whether or not if slaves should get freedom or remain as slaves. Which was one of the leading cause of the Civil War. -
Cotton Gin
The cotton Gin caused the growth of the textile industry in England.Which resulted in enormous amount of cotton demands,which caused the growth of slavery in the south. Inventor Eli Whitney revolutionized cotton production.This demand led the cause of slave labor to increase rapidly in the south leading to the civil war. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was the to defuse of the political differences of both free and slave states.Henry Clay came with the idea of this act,Congress took action,requested Missouri for admission of slavery in 1819.As soon as the permission was granted.By 1820 twenty two states in the U.S were divided equally,as either a free or slave state.The dividing of these states took big effect on the civil war -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Signed by Nicholas Trist on behalf of the U.S, representative of Mexico Luis G. Cuevas, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican American war.But Nicholas Trist had violated the terms that came with treaty but came into the realization that he had no choice but to accept the treaty.A conflict was aroused expansionist of anti-slavery leaders charging the expansionist that were conspiring to extend slavery into new realms.This conflict leading towards the civil war -
The Compromise of 1850
Southern states received an amendment involving the Fugitive slave act.Which forced northern states to take more aggressive measures to the returning of escaped slaves into the southern states in which they escaped from.As a result,tension continued to grow rapidly after the compromise failed to settle the slavery matter the leading towards the Civil War became increasing inevitable in the following decade. -
Fugitive slave law
The Fugitive slave law was passed by Congress which stated the capture of slaves who were escaping to the north but captured and returned to their southern slave owners.The Act a lot of attention towards slavery.Which caused tension between the North and South.This Act later on became one of the huge conflicts that then led towards the Civil War. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin was a novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that explained her perspective on slavery, Also on her agreement with the North's political mainstreams involvement with slavery.This novel set a statement towards the South's ideals on slavery which later on led towards one of the reasons that caused the Civil War. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Senator Stephen Douglas proposed that voters would determine whether or not each territory that was involved would be a "slave" or 'Free' state.The Northerners were outraged because they agreed that the Missouri Compromise already banned slavery in there area.Southern leaders on the other hand supported the bill because they believed or thought that slavery would be spread from Missouri to Kansas and then Nebraska.The involvement of this act was led towards one of the causes of the Civil War. -
The Bleeding Kansas
The Bleeding Kansas was the outbreak of conflict between pro-slavery and anti-slavery,John brown had a huge involvement with the event that led towards the Bleeding Kansas.To make sure that all voters were people who were against slavery he killed anyone who were for slavery or had no opinion on the subject.He was determined to make Kansas a Anti-slavery state.This event then led towards the outbreak of the Civil War -
The Election of Abraham Lincoln
The Election of Abraham Lincoln was on the Republican ticket that was against slavery.Numerous amounts of Southerns hated the idea of Abraham Lincoln as President.The were so outraged that the Southern States seceded from the Union.This secession crisis then distributed the main causing of the Civil War.
