Fluxograma
Time line
Conteúdo do fluxograma
Time Line Of Major Events
1791-1804
Haitian Revolt
The Haitian Revolt helped splinter the Atlantic basin into clear zones of freedom and unfreedom.
1840-1850
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
The act compled all the citizen to assist in the capture of runaway slaves.
1860
Election of Abraham Lincoln
The Election of Abraham Lincoln had great tension in the South over issues with slavery.
1861
Attack on Fort Sumter
The Confederacy seized Fort Sumter and then four more states joined the the Confederacy
1858
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin widened the chasm of the North and South and greatly strengthen the Northern abolitionism
1820-1846
Vesey Revolt
The Vesey Revolt threatened lives and property throughout the Carolinas.
1808
End of International Slave Trade
The slave trade was banned but became more prominent with the cotton plantations in the deep South
1848
Mexican American War
The Mexican American War caused sectional strife over the expansion of slavery.
The South wanted to keep slavery because it was a vital part to their economy
1820
Missouri Crisis
It marked prolonged sectional conflict over the extension of slavery
1854
Kansas Nebraska Act
It raised the possibility that slavery could be extended into territories where it had been banned one before
1857
Dred Scott Case
Slaves had no legal rights in court which meant they were property and the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional
1790-1800
Second Great Awakening
It made people see who they really were which helped with abolitionism and the end of slavery
1860
Harper's Ferry Raid
It inflamed tensions and raised the stakes for the presidential election
1850
1831
US Constitution
Nat Turner Rebellion
The North wanted a strong national government and the South wanted individual states to have more power than the Federal government
It helped strengthen the positions of abolitionists and slave holders in the North and South
The Cotton Revolution was very profitable for the Southern states and abolishing
Ely Whitney's Cotton Gin
1793
1831
Cotton Revolution