https://padlet.com/morrisw2120/kqkrvwy55pk8 A timeline of events leading to the start of the American Civil War. The timeline starts with the Missouri Compromise and ends with the South's secession. The American Civil War had more American casualties than any other war in U.S. history. en-us 2018-04-04 16:10:34 UTC 2023-02-17 19:11:21 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png morrisw2120 https://padlet.com/morrisw2120/kqkrvwy55pk8/wish/248568199 The Missouri Compromise was an agreement between the north and south to add Missouri as a slave state if Maine was added as a free state.]]> 2018-04-04 16:18:13 UTC https://padlet.com/morrisw2120/kqkrvwy55pk8/wish/248568199 morrisw2120 https://padlet.com/morrisw2120/kqkrvwy55pk8/wish/248578009 2018-04-04 16:39:38 UTC https://padlet.com/morrisw2120/kqkrvwy55pk8/wish/248578009 morrisw2120 https://padlet.com/morrisw2120/kqkrvwy55pk8/wish/248578018 The Missouri Compromise worked moderately well until The Second Great Awakening when many abolitionists began talking about slavery again. Congress instituted a "gag rule" on the floor to prevent anyone from talking about the issue.]]> 2018-04-04 16:39:39 UTC https://padlet.com/morrisw2120/kqkrvwy55pk8/wish/248578018 morrisw2120 https://padlet.com/morrisw2120/kqkrvwy55pk8/wish/252810209 Many slaves fled to the North after Nat Turner's rebellion which naturally made southerners angry.]]> 2018-04-18 00:37:05 UTC https://padlet.com/morrisw2120/kqkrvwy55pk8/wish/252810209 morrisw2120 https://padlet.com/morrisw2120/kqkrvwy55pk8/wish/252815655 In 1846 when President Polk asked for funds for the Mexican-American War, the North agreed under the conditions the new territories acquired would allow slavery. This angered the South because they did not believe the North had the right to tell them where they could take their property.]]> 2018-04-18 01:00:19 UTC https://padlet.com/morrisw2120/kqkrvwy55pk8/wish/252815655 morrisw2120 https://padlet.com/morrisw2120/kqkrvwy55pk8/wish/252819122 When the Mexican-American War was over, there was a large debate over slavery in the new territory. Southerners suggested that slavery be permitted in the South of the new territory, and banned in the North. The North rejected this. California applied for statehood in 1849 and the North accepted them while the South argued it destroyed the balance between free and slave states.]]> 2018-04-18 01:22:30 UTC https://padlet.com/morrisw2120/kqkrvwy55pk8/wish/252819122 morrisw2120 https://padlet.com/morrisw2120/kqkrvwy55pk8/wish/252819789 In 1850, a Kentucky Senator proposed a plan to please everyone in the Union. First, it admitted California to the Union as a free state and allow the New Mexico and Utah territories to choose if they wanted slavery or not. The plan also effectively abolished the D.C. slave trade, and finally, it added harsher fugitive slave laws to please the South.]]> 2018-04-18 01:26:53 UTC https://padlet.com/morrisw2120/kqkrvwy55pk8/wish/252819789 morrisw2120 https://padlet.com/morrisw2120/kqkrvwy55pk8/wish/252830761 The Fugitive Slave Act wasn't popular with anyone really. The North didn't want to enforce the laws and the South thought they were too lax.]]> 2018-04-18 02:34:19 UTC https://padlet.com/morrisw2120/kqkrvwy55pk8/wish/252830761 morrisw2120 https://padlet.com/morrisw2120/kqkrvwy55pk8/wish/252834682 The Kansas-Nebraska Acts were a series of laws that created two new territories and allow them to decide for themselves if they wanted slavery or not.]]> 2018-04-18 02:56:45 UTC https://padlet.com/morrisw2120/kqkrvwy55pk8/wish/252834682 morrisw2120 https://padlet.com/morrisw2120/kqkrvwy55pk8/wish/253683991 In Kansas, many pro and anti-slavery forces moved in to claim the territory. In 1856 pro-slavery forces attacked the city of Lawrence.]]> 2018-04-20 02:46:21 UTC https://padlet.com/morrisw2120/kqkrvwy55pk8/wish/253683991 morrisw2120 https://padlet.com/morrisw2120/kqkrvwy55pk8/wish/253684630 After the Lawrence incident, one senator called out the South's plans to turn Kansas into a slave state, and in response, a southern senator beat the man unconscious with his cane. ]]> 2018-04-20 02:50:37 UTC https://padlet.com/morrisw2120/kqkrvwy55pk8/wish/253684630 morrisw2120 https://padlet.com/morrisw2120/kqkrvwy55pk8/wish/253685574 The Dred-Scott Decision was a Supreme Court ruling that determined that no black man can become a citizen and that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional]]> 2018-04-20 02:56:50 UTC https://padlet.com/morrisw2120/kqkrvwy55pk8/wish/253685574 morrisw2120 https://padlet.com/morrisw2120/kqkrvwy55pk8/wish/253687512 Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas had a series of debates in their senate race and while Lincoln lost, the debates helped spread anti-slavery ideas.]]> 2018-04-20 03:10:35 UTC https://padlet.com/morrisw2120/kqkrvwy55pk8/wish/253687512 morrisw2120 https://padlet.com/morrisw2120/kqkrvwy55pk8/wish/253688015 An abolitionist named John Brown led a group of soldiers to capture a southern arsenal to arm a slave rebellion. His plan failed but left the South uneasy]]> 2018-04-20 03:13:38 UTC https://padlet.com/morrisw2120/kqkrvwy55pk8/wish/253688015 morrisw2120 https://padlet.com/morrisw2120/kqkrvwy55pk8/wish/253688517 In 1860, Abraham Lincoln won the presidency with only 40% of the vote. This meant the South was the minority.]]> 2018-04-20 03:17:35 UTC https://padlet.com/morrisw2120/kqkrvwy55pk8/wish/253688517 morrisw2120 https://padlet.com/morrisw2120/kqkrvwy55pk8/wish/253688846 When Lincoln was asked about slavery in the nation he said it would be allowed to stay in the South but could not move to new territories in the west. The South then decided to secede.]]> 2018-04-20 03:20:14 UTC https://padlet.com/morrisw2120/kqkrvwy55pk8/wish/253688846