American Civil War
Was the War Inevitable?
Maps
United States Before War
Confederate States of America
Union in Blue
Isssues
- Slavery- Should slavery be allowed?
- States Rights-
Precursor Events
The Missouri Compromise (1820)
The Wilmot Proviso (1846)
The Fugitive Slave Act (1850)
“Uncle Tom’s Cabin” (1852)
The Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) Election of 1856 “Bleeding Kansas” (1856)
Dred Scott Ruling (1857)
The Lincoln-Douglass Debate (1858)
The Raid on Harper's Ferry (1859)
Election of 1860
All of these events led up to the American Civil War. If "Uncle Tom's Cabin" hadn't been published it could have delayed the start of the American Civil War or even prevented it.
Leaders
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln was the leader of the North who had disliked slavery. He was "Patient and energetic, generous yet firm" according to J.T. Duryea of the Christian Commission
Jefferson Davis
South
Jefferson Davis was the leader of the south who liked slavery. He stated "African slavery, as it exists in the United States, is a moral, a social, and a political blessing."
Arms & Army
Resources & Technology
Alliances
The South had asked Great Britain and France for help during the war, they were turned down.