Timeline of Events the led to the Civil War

Flowchart nodes

• Timeline of Events Leading to the Civil War

• United States Constitution of 1790: 

• The North and South came into conflict because of their different views.

• Second Great Awakening of 1790

• Eli Whitney Cotton Gin of 1794

• The South needed more slaves so the conflict between the North and South grew stronger. 

• Haitian Revolt of 1791-1804

• Vesey Revolt of 1802

• Missouri threatened to join the Union making the conflicts between the North and South greater.

• End of International Slave Trade 1808

• Missouri Crisis of 1820

• Missouri became a free state instead of a slave state like they were previously. 

• Nat Turner rebellion of 1831

• American Mexican War of 1846-1848

• Slavery increased in the South making the North upset. 

• Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

• Uncle Toms Cabin of 1852

• The South became upset because of the Abolitionist and the Union.

• Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854

• Dred Scott Case of 1857

• Dred Scott was made a slave again which made the conflict between the North and South greater. 

• Harper's Ferry Raid or 1859

• Election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860

• Abraham Lincoln was against slavery which angered the South because he was now in "control" over them. 

• Attack on Fort Sumter 1861

• Cotton Revolution of 1865-1903

• This caused a rise in slavery and the need for more slaves. 

• Religious conflict.​​​​

• Slaves in the United States started to protest. 

• The South started to lose slaves so they became more angry with the North. 

• Nat Turner led a slave rebellion which angered the South. 

• Abolitionist became upset because people from the North were allowed to come to the North and get run-away slaves.

• The North became upset because they thought that this act was an attempt for the South to turn all states into slave states.

• Slave Revolt

• The Union attacked the South to try and end slavery.