1850-186`

  • lincoln's first inaugural address

    This was his first address in office he gave to the people.
  • Uncle Toms Cabin

    This novel was an anti slavery novel it came out and shook the USA as it gave a perspective into a slaves life and how there treated when it was released it was very controversial.
  • Bloody Kansas

    This was a period of repeated battles between slavery and anti slavery forces in Kansas.
  • Republican party

    The publican party in 1854 combated the fight for slavery. They where fighting for the north.
  • Kansas Nebraska act

    This act replied the Missouri compromise and was the start to the bleeding Kansas battles as it let popular sonverty choose if slavery was allowed.
  • Election 1856

    This was the election before Lincoln where John Buchanan one.
  • Lecompton Constitution

    This was a new constitution protecting slave holding.
  • dread Scott

    He sued for his freedom as he was a slave who was in free land. He failed as he was not considered a citizen but property.
  • Brooke summers incident

    This is when brook beat summers with a sick for disrespecting his family name.
  • house divided speech

    This is a speech Lincoln gave in Springfield where he acc[ted being the senator.
  • Lincoln Douglas debates

    These where a series of debates of Lincoln and Douglass for the up and coming election.
  • Harpers ferry

    This is when John brown tired to raise a slavery revolution by taking the towns federal armory down.
  • Election 1860

    This was the election in where Lincoln won his first term as president.
  • Secession

    They fired guns on a fort and they choose between the union and the confederacy which cause the begging of the civl war