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This was a novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that depicted the unfortunate and harsh reality of the ways of slavery. The Northerners took this very well, while the Southerners took this as an extremely hostile attack and caused a strong divide. -
This was formed due to the Kansas-Nebraska Act such as which united the abolitionists, anti-slavery democrats, and those of the Free Soil and parts like that. -
The Senator (Stephen Douglas) sponsored this act, allowing the citizens to vote whether slavery was allowed or not. This led to violent clashes between the southerners and northerners who moved to these states. -
This was the name for the series of brutal and violent events in Kansas between pro-slavery and anti-slavery, showing the divide more. -
This was when Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina, attacked Senator Charles Summer of Massachusetts, with his cane on the floor of Senators at Charles's desk. He did this after Charles gave his anti-slavery speech and this showed the true divide of the nation. -
This was the first election between John C. Fremont the runner of the Republican party, and James Buchanan the democratic runner and he won. -
A series of debates between the runners for political positions, Abraham Lincoln and Scott Douglas focused on the issues of Slavery. Lincoln won Senator and Douglas President. -
This was a Kansas state constitution that was proposed to allow slavery, which was supported by the president, but not by the public. -
He was an obsessive abolitionist who was using violent means to deal with the issues of slavery. He led a raid in Virginia and got captured and later executed, but he did it for the fight for freedom. -
Southern states now started to succeed from the union following the election of Lincoln and this started with South Carolina. This ultimately started the civil war which is what Lincoln was trying to avoid. -
This was a decision from the Supreme Court that ruled that African Americans could not sue for their rights, even if they were residents of a free state at one point, due to the Constitution stating Congress cannot make decisions involving ones property. -
In his speech as his acceptance of the Senate, he announced that "A house divided by itself cannot stand." hence declaring his stance on slavery. -
John Brown led the Raid on the federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia with armed slaves. This failed and he was executed but he was seen as a hero, making the South scared of the North. -
Abraham Lincoln won the presidency without having a single southern state showing his popularity in the nation. The south perceived him as a direct threat to slavery. -
Lincoln addressed the state of the union and the topic of the now succeeded states stating he was not going to deal with the issue of slavery as is, but the protection and the unity of the union must remain. This was the last attempt to stop the war, but ultimately did nothing and the Civil War started.