South Carolina and other states secede

Many of the states including South Carolina decided to secede from the union. They decided to secede because they did not like what was happening in the country at this time. South Carolina was very happy to secede because they were now a free and independent nation and did not conform to what the rest of the nation was doing at that particular time. Many other states followed South Carolina because they to wanted to make their own laws and do what they wanted to do. This was a huge part in how this Civil War came about.

The states that were in the Union at that time were happy and some were not. South Carolina was one state that did not like what was happening in the country and decided to become independent. This was a huge contributor into how every state thought and what they wanted. The states in the country was having a difficult time conforming to what was happening in the country. These were huge contributors on why some of the many states in the United States decided to secede from the union.

Ft. Sumter Falls

There was the confederacy during this time that wanted the fort to surrender. The fort then refused. Early in the morning the next day guns of South Carolina opened fire on the fort. The union had supply ships that that arrived but did not attempt to reach the fort. After 34 hours of continuous bombing the fort eventually surrendered. There was nobody killed however at the fort which was good. Lincoln did not think that this was going to happen and thought by having this be done he could avoid another war on the country.

This was a huge relevance to the happening of the Civil War. This bombing on the fort made for a difficult time for Lincoln to make decisions on what to do on the situation. Ft. Sumter really had to option but to surrender or else people would die and the fort may have been destroyed completely. The way this happened was extremely violent and it was a miracle that nobody died and that everything went down okay. Lincoln made overall the right decision when it came to this.

Election of 1860

Democrats met in Charleston, South Carolina so select their candidate for the upcoming election. The northerners felt that Stephen Douglas had the best chance to defeat the black republicans. The southerners considered him a traitor on the idea of popular sovereignty. The Southern Democrats elected vice president John C. Breckenridge.  There were four states during this election that needed someone who could carry them. They were New Jersey, Illinois, Indiana, and Pennsylvania. During this election many people started liking Abraham Lincoln and eventually ended up nominating him for president. After the election in the end Lincoln had 40% of the popular votes along with 180 electoral college votes which was just enough to win the election. Lincoln was America's new president!

This election marked one of the most important elections to date today. This election made one of the greatest leaders of our time come into the American picture. Without Abraham Lincoln who would be the man on our 5 dollar bill? overall, he was one of the greatest leaders of our country ever. With this election it was clear that America knew who he was and was steadfast about who they wanted to run their country.

John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry

John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry was a attempt by a white abolitionist by the name of John Brown to start an armed slave revolt by seizing a United States arsenal at Harper's Ferry. His attempt was shot down by the U.S. marines led by a man named Robert E. Lee. Although this plan failed he asked many other famous slaves to join him but they declined because of either a sickness for thinking that his plan was not going to work. It turns out they were being smart because this didn't do anything for anyone.

This armed revolt angered many Americans about the slaves and just made the tensions rise higher and higher each time. during this revolt man people including the military were upset and put this armed revolt to sleep immediately. Many of the people who were for slavery did not like the revolt taking place and did not want the slaves dealing with anything other then doing some major work for the white people. This is why this was such a huge part in leading up to the Civil War.

Kansas's Lecompton Constitution

The territorial legislature composed mostly of slave-owners me at a capital known as Lecompton. Free states were the side of things that were very against this particular idea. This new proposed constitution made slavery in the proposed states set in stone and protected the rights of the 43% of white families that were slaveholders. This constitution provided for a loop-hole that allowed the many voters the right of allowing more slaves to enter their particular territory,

This was a huge aspect in leading up to the causes of the Civil War. This proposed a huge part of how slavery would end up during the particular leading up to the Civil War. Many of the slaveholders were upset about the fact that they could not possess anymore slaves and could in fact allow more onto their territory. The slave holders were actually happy about this actually after all.

Dred Scott Decision

Dred Scott was a slave during the slave times that unsuccessfully sued for his freedom. His case was on the fact that him and his wife and two daughters were being kept as slaves even though his particular state was not a slave state and all slaves are supposed to be free. He lost because the court said that no African-American could go to Civil Court and try and claim for citizenship. There were many more slave issues that resulted from this and this angered many anti-slavery people in the states. He lost the case even though many people at that time thought he should have won.

The Dred Scott Decision was a huge part in leading up to the Civil War. This huge decision angered not only the anti-slavery people living in the North, but angered many slaves that were having the same thing happen to them. This made for tensions to happen during this time and not have everything go as planned according to the way Congress wanted the country to be ran. This overall was a huge part of the Civil War efforts.

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Uncle Tom's Cabin was a anti-slavery novel written by the author of Harriet Beecher Stowe. This book was published in 1852 and helped lay the ground work for the Civil War. This novel featured a long suffering black slave who's story evolved many others and was told form his point of view. This book was about the realness and the suffering that was involved with slavery and also that by being close to god can overcome the obstacles that are brought on by the issue of slavery. This was also the best selling novel of the entire 19th century.

This novel was read by many slaves and made them in some ways have hope and know that there is some ways that they can be free. This gave many of them something to rely on and something to pray for. Along with many people from the South who read this novel and were deeply offended by it. The people living in the South were very for slavery and were angered by the idea of the selling being so high on this particular novel.