series of events leading to civil war..?

Question

i have to make a web about events that led to the civil war, it doesnt have to just be immediate causes,, if you know of any websites where i can get info from, or you know anythignjust let me know!
thanks =]

Answer 1

well the King was razing money to fight the Irish, they were rebelling. He had also been leaning towards Cathodisim. Parliament would not let him have the money and were also getting suspicious about his religious activities. So the king closed parliament by force.

Answer 2

Sectionalism and Nationalism after war of 1812
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Beginnings of Abolitionism with the Liberty Party of the 1830's which stemmed into the Free Soil Party of the 1840's
and eventually the Republican Party in 1854
Compromise of 1850
Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854
Dred Scott Decision of 1857
Lincoln Douglas debate and the role of slavery in the territories and popular sovereignity
Fugitive Slave Act of 1853
Harper's Ferry in 1859 and execution of John Brown
Lincoln wins election of 1860
Firing of Fort Sumter April 12, 1861

Answer 3

Extreme tariffs on cotton being shipped to England and France. The federal government was determined to force southern planters into selling their cotton to northern industries at a cost much less than what the French and English would pay. When the Southerners refused extreme tariffs were levied upon their products being shipped and ultimately the north blockaded the shipping before the war. Slavery, as most liberals would have you believe, was not a part of the war until Lincoln made it a part.

Answer 4

Try the Smithsonian Institute site. The cause's leading up to the War date several years prior to the election of LincionI hope you have plenty of time on your hands as this is a very detailed subject..

Answer 5

Pick up any history textbook and it will indicate that the American Civil War began with the firing on Fort Sumter in South Carolina in 1861. However, the war’s real beginnings can be traced to a series of events happening in the 1850s and earlier, half a continent away in Missouri.

One hundred and fifty years ago, Congress passed a bill that many say set the stage for war. The Kansas-Nebraska Act created two new territories out of the Great Plains area west of Missouri and Iowa. The act effectively repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which banned slavery in the Louisiana Purchase lands north of the 36 degrees 30 minutes north latitude, except for Missouri. Instead, the slavery decision would be left to the territorial voters. Tensions heightened between the pro-and anti-slavery factions nationally, as both sides tried to swing the decision in their favor.

In Missouri, the drums of war began to beat. By 1856, a group of pro-slavery Missourians looted and burned Lawrence, Kan., a free soil community. A few days later, the legendary John Brown retaliated against a pro-slavery settlement on Pottawatomie Creek, killing five men. This series of events, part of the Border Wars, set the stage for some of the fiercest fighting before and during the war.

To learn more about the Border Wars, take a trip to the Bushwhacker Museum and Jail in Nevada. Confederate guerrillas were referred to as Bushwhackers: during the Civil War, Nevada came to be known as “the Bushwhacker Capital.” Bushwhacker activity prompted federal troops to burn Nevada to the ground in 1863.

Civil War buffs traveling south of Kansas City on U.S. Highway 71 can also find a number of historical markers related to the Border Wars by zigzagging across the Missouri-Kansas border between routes 71 and 69.

Another factor that many historians contend contributed to the start of the war was the Dred Scott case. In St. Louis, Dred Scott, an enslaved black man, sued for his freedom. Scott had lived with his master, Army surgeon Dr. John Emerson, in the free state of Illinois and in the Wisconsin Territory, where the terms of the Missouri Compromise prohibited slavery. After Emerson’s death, his wife hired Scott out to an army captain. Scott attempted to buy his freedom and that of his wife, Harriet, but was turned down. He then sought his freedom through the courts.

Today’s visitors to St. Louis can visit the Old Courthouse, the site of the trials, see a re-creation of the original courtroom and participate in reenactments of the case. Scott lost the first trial on a technicality, but then won his freedom during a retrial in 1850. Ultimately the United States Supreme Court, most of whose justices had been appointed by Southern pro-slavery presidents, reached a majority opinion that as a black man, Dred Scott had no right to bring suit as he was not a citizen. The decision further held that the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which had restricted slavery, was unconstitutional. This decision further fanned the flames of unrest in the country. The Washington University Library contains 85 documents as part of its Dred Scott collection.

With these factors, war loomed on the horizon. Explore Missouri and learn more about the state’s pivotal role in early events that led to the Civil War.

Answer 6

This site is very specific and useful

http://www.course-notes.org/US_History/Political_Timelines/

Scroll DOWN and pick a year