1787—— Constitution Was Signed1800 ---- Cotton Gin becomes huge1831—— Nat Turner’s Slave Rebellion1850—— Fugitive Slave Laws1852—— Uncle Tom’s Cabin Was Written1853—— Pro-Slavery Papers1854—— Kansas/Nebraska Act1858—— Lincoln/Douglas Debates1859—— John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry1860—— Lincoln Elected President (November)1860—— South Carolina Secedes from the Union (December 20)

Steps to War Timeline

While Experts argue…

•Abolition•States Rights•Economics

•All Agree:•No Slavery means No War!!

Constitution Allows Slavery 1787

This was necessary!•Slavery kept the country together•But since it exists there will always be problems…how to resolve it.

Eli Whitney

•Creates Cotton Gin to help process of deseeding cotton•Increases the yield of cotton almost 1000 times•Some southern states were considering getting rid of slavery…not now!

VA

SC

Nat Turner’s Slave

Rebellion•Nat Turner, genius, preacher•Leads a rebellion …60+ white slave owners and family’s die.•Rebellion is quickly crushed•Scares the bejesus out of the south.

No way will the south willingly give up slavery now!

Fugitive Slave Laws

• Slaves were not Human• Slaves were property• Stolen Property is returned…

from anywhere• Except for Canada

“So this is the Little lady who made the big war?” Abraham Lincoln upon meeting Harriet Beecher Stowe

Uncle Toms Cabin – Harriet Beecher Stowe

•300,000 copies sold•Huge Abolitionist Reaction in NorthPro Slavery Papers are written to counter the UTC fever•defend slavery•Claim slavery is good for economy•Good for slaves as well

Bleeding Kansas

Kansas will be a new state….the people will decide if Kansas will be slave or not slave.Thousands will move to Kansas to protect their opinion Violence Erupts!

John Brown and the Jayhawkers in Bleeding Kansas

John Brown: huge abolitionist extremistThe violence in Kansas leaves 400 deadKansas is a Free state

Not the Last we will hear of Brown!

V.

Stephen Douglas

Abraham LincolnSenate of

IllinoisDouglas wins

Lincoln becomes famous

•War of words proves Lincoln hates slavery!•But he is not technically an abolitionist!

•Doesn’t matter•South believes Lincoln’s an abolitionist..•If Lincoln becomes Pres..South will secede

Harper’s Ferry, VirginiaJohn Brown is backTries to start an unsuccessful slave rebellionFuels War talks! A white Northerner comes south to start a rebellion

Brown is hanged and seen as a martyr

1860, Lincoln is elected President

Southern States see this as an end to their rightsThey start to leave the UnionDecember 20, 1860…South Carolina Secedes

Six other states will follow SC

SC

AL MSLAGA TX FL

Seven total when Lincoln comes to power…4 more will later leave