Week 13 Assignment 2 Timeline by Hayden Dothard

Week 13 Assignment 2 Timeline by Hayden Dothard

1. 1850

   • 1840
     • 1830
       • 1820
         • 1810
           • 1800
             • In 1803, the Haitian Revolt helped splinter the Atlantic basin into clear zones of freedom and un-freedom, shattering the longstanding assumption that African-descended slaves could not also be rulers.
             • In 1808, the end of the international slave trade cause a great divide between the North and the South.
             • 1790
               • In 1793, the cotton gin was mass produced resulting in an increase in slavery.
         • In 1822, the Vesey Rebellion endangered lives and property and strengthened the sectional crisis.
         • In 1820, the Missouri Crisis did not inspire hardened defenses of either slave or free labor as positive good. This debate brought a measure of calm.
         • In 1822, the Second Great Awakening sharpened political differences by promoting schisms within major Protestant churches. The schisms became increasingly sectional in nature.
         • In the 1820's, there were many disputes about if the Constitution supported the expansion of slavery or not. Most Americans believed that it protected slavery as it stood.
       • In 1831, Nat Turner's rebellion was a large slave rebellion that was very deadly. It caused tensions between pro-slavery citizens and anti-slavery citizens.
       • During the 1830's, the Cotton Revolution was the beginning of a huge boom in slavery. Slavery became relied on in the Southern economy and would be firmly established in this part of the nation.
     • In 1848, the ending of the Mexican American War gave $15,000,000 to the U.S. that could be used to expand slavery.
   • The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 created federal commissioners to determine the fate of alleged fugitives without the need of a trial or jury.
   • In 1852, Uncle Tom's Cabin encourage anti-slavery in the North but reinforced racist stereotypes.
   • In 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act made the people decide if Kansas was a free or slave state. This led to bloody Kansas and the rise of new political leaders.
   • In 1856, the Dred Scott case ruled that black Americans could not be citizens in the United States. While this united slavery nationally, it just made the sectional crisis even stronger.
   • In 1859, John Brown attacked a federal weapons arsenal called Harper's Ferry. He used these weapons to lead a slave revolt.

2. 1860

   • 1870
     • 1880
       • 1890
         • 1900
   • The election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 caused many southern states to organize secession conventions.
   • The attack on Fort Sumter in 1861 by the Confederate States of America caused Lincoln to request help from the North to crush the rebellion, starting the civil war.