The Pathway to Civil War: Key People, Decisions, Events, and Conflicts that Led to America’s Deadliest War

Diverging Cultures And Economies

Slave Uprisings and Resistance

Early Legislative Battles Over Slavery

Nat Turner’s Rebellion (1831):

Manifest Destiny and Expansion: Slavery’s Westward Push (1840s)

The Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Act

Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the Cultural Awakening (1852)

Bleeding Kansas and the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)

The Caning of Charles Sumner (1856)