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Factors Leading Up to the Start of the Civil War
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Massachusetts is the first colony to legalize slavery
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Industrial Revolution
This split the North and South in different directions in their economy and culture. -
Constitutional Convention
On this date, they created the Constitution but did not make any definate plans on the future of slavery. They decided that it would not be an issue for at least the next 20 years. -
The Invention of the Cotton Gin
This help make cotton a major cash crop and increased the need for slave labor to pick the cotton. -
Missouri Compromise
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Wilmot Proviso
This was an attempt to prevent slavery in lands purchased from Mexico after the Mexican War -
Compromise of 1850
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Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Many Northerners ignored this and it created more tension between them and the Southerners. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin was published
This book helped more and more people feel sorry for slaves and what they have gone through. It helped more and more people push to end slavery. -
Bleeding Kansas
A series of battles fought over slavery in Kansas -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott lost his case and was classified as property. This upset aboisionists everywhere. -
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
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John Brown's Raid
John Brown led a group of armed slaves and abolitionists to overtake the armory at Harper's Ferry. His plan failed and he was hanged. -
Abraham Lincoln Elected President
The South did not recognize Lincoln as President and southern states began to succeed. -
South Carolina Succeeds
This would push President Lincoln to war to force the southern states back to the United States.