Slaves and States Rights

By DougK
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Allowed Kansas and Nebraska to decide wether or not they wanted to become a slave state.
  • Dread-Scott Decision

    Dread-Scott Decision

    Decision said that African Americans were not citezens and could not sue. Also congress cannot ban slavery in any federal territory.
  • Secession Convention

    Secession Convention

    Secession convention held. (vote)
  • Secesion Order

    Secesion Order

    Secession Order adopted.
  • Texas Vote on Secession

    Texas Vote on Secession

    Texans voted to secede out of the Union
  • Texas Seceded.

    Texas Seceded.

    Texas becomes 7th state to secede from the United States.