Missouri compromise
Abolition movement
Compromise of 1850
Harper's Ferry
Election of 1860
Succession of South Carolina
Firing on Fort Sumter
The others (Texas annexation, Florida purchase and Louisiana purchase) have to do with expansion of land and the need for more land and more slaves to grow Cotton.
Some important event are missing.
The invention of the "Cotton Gin" by Ely Whitney
The novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harrett Beecher Stowe
Hope this helps!!!
2007-09-28 16:02:05
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answered by Al L 4
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The first important event to happen in your list is the nullification crisis. During this time in the Jacksonian period, some of the first great debates over state's rights were beginning to arise and a definite distinction between northern and southern politics became evident. The Compromise of 1850 and the Missouri Compromise would also be rather important in this chain of events because they would once again add to the tension between the two areas. However, the biggest impact would come from the election of 1860. Here Lincoln was elected, which worried the government in South Carolina. They believed Lincoln would take away some of their rights once he took office and that would result in their loss of slaves and their economic structure. South Carolina's secession would lead to the firing on Ft. Sumter as the Union Army was then occupying a fort "in land that was not theirs."
The rest really do not have a great impact in the lead up to the civil war. The abolition movement was big at the time, but that is not why the war was originally fought. Slavery only became the central issue once Lincoln released the Emancipation Proclamation, which did absolutely nothing. Most northerners merely wanted to keep the Union intact, and the overwhelming majority of southerners were far too poor to own any slaves.
2007-09-28 18:09:21
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answered by westfall24 2
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Missouri Compromise
John Brown's execution
Election of Abraham Lincoln
Attack on Fort Sumter
2007-09-28 11:20:13
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answered by Anonymous
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For the 2d area, Lincoln ordered the army to blockade the Southern ports. His military didnt enable the provision ships via, and since the South had no genuine military to talk of, on the commencing up of the conflict a minimum of, this proved very efficient. The source i'm thinking of is a doco on the Civil conflict ingeniously entitiled the Civil conflict, yet i can not provide you a diverse reaction because it grow to be see you later in the past. Sorry approximately that.
2016-10-20 06:12:46
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answered by Erika 4
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I think it was the missouri compromise. I'm not sure but didn't divide slave states and free states? It said that everyone living from point x and southa can have slaves and anyone above x is free state right? Well this contributed to the Civil War because it started the division.
2007-09-28 11:08:35
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answered by Anonymous
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Key events not noted in your question.
1) Beginning of slavery in the colonies
2) Adoption of U.S. Constitution
3) Mexican-American War
4) Kansas-Nebraska Act
5) The Border Wars (in Kansas between the pro-slavery territorial government and the anti-slavery territorial government)
6) Dredd Scott Decision.
I would delete from your list the Florida Purchase, the Nullification Crisis, and the Texas Annexation (except as it relates to causing the Mexican-American War).
2007-09-28 11:18:53
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answered by Tmess2 7
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end of slavery
Lincoln's election
2007-09-28 11:08:33
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answered by jj 1
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