Steps to the civil war timeline by JBreria Hardeman

Missouri Compromise 1820

jhardema7265 — 2025-03-11 19:11:32 UTC

Summary- Maine would be a free state and missouri would be a slave state.

Benefited from Missouri- I say they both benefitted because they have equal u.s senate

I feel like this is a good settlement

Manifest Destiny ( James K. Polk)

jhardema7265 — 2025-03-12 18:28:05 UTC

Summary- Destiny was the fate of the United States to extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific

Benefits- Politicans and white Americans

I don't have a feeling

Mexican War 1846-1848

jhardema7265 — 2025-03-12 18:57:29 UTC

Summary- Stemmed from annexation of texas and a dispute over the boundary between Texas and Mexico

Benefits- The United States

I feel like they could've had an mutual agreement so the war could've been avoided

Growth of Sectionalism (early 1800s)

jhardema7265 — 2025-03-12 19:05:23 UTC

Summary- Was due to shark economic differences between the north which was industrializing with factories in the south.

Benefited- Northern industrial

I feel like this was good only good for the south because northern benefited the most for both events.

the compromise of 1850

tjohnson1366 — 2025-03-12 19:05:34 UTC

summary - aimed to resolve the issue of slavery in newly acquired territories after the Mexican-American War

it temporarily eased tensions between free and slave states by admitting California as a free state, but also included a strengthened Fugitive Slave Act which deeply angered many Northerners, ultimately further polarizing the nation and contributing to the growing sectional divide that eventually led to war

Kansas and nebraska's act

tjohnson1366 — 2025-03-12 19:10:10 UTC

summary- organized the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, repealed the Missouri Compromise, and introduced the principle of popular sovereignty, allowing residents to decide on slavery, which ignited national controversy and violence, eventually contributing to the Civil War.

it repealed the Missouri Compromise, effectively reopening the debate over slavery in the territories and causing widespread political turmoil.

Popular sovereignty (1840's)

jhardema7265 — 2025-03-12 19:11:48 UTC

Summary- The people decide what they want and violence between the two sides created warlike conditions that popular sovereignty had failed.

benefited- the pro- slavery forces in the south

I feel like both parties should come to an agreement

Dred scott decision

tjohnson1366 — 2025-03-12 19:14:22 UTC

summary - the court ruled that enslaved people and their descendants were not U.S. citizens, could not sue in federal court, and that Congress lacked the power to prohibit slavery in U.S. territories, essentially nullifying the Missouri Compromise and further fueling the issue of slavery.

it deeply divided the nation by ruling that enslaved people were not citizens and that Congress could not ban slavery in the territories

John Brown's Raid

jhardema7265 — 2025-03-12 19:17:30 UTC

Summary- Brown and his men captured prominent citizens and seized the federal armory and arsenal

Benefited- John browns event

I feel like John brown was making a great decision when it came to his event or both parties in general

election of abraham lincoln

tjohnson1366 — 2025-03-12 19:20:27 UTC

summary- Lincoln won a popular majority in the North, and a nationwide plurality of the popular vote.

The election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 was a pivotal event leading up to the American Civil War. His victory, achieved without any electoral support from Southern states, underscored the deep sectional divisions within the country.

Attack On Fort Sumter

jhardema7265 — 2025-03-12 19:24:13 UTC

Summary- The American Civil war was confederate forces opened fire on the union -held fort in charleston

Benefited- South carolina

I feel like what led up to the war was because they couldn't come to a mutual agreement between one another when they could've talked it out