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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852 it would go on to inspire the North to abolish slavery. -
Republican Party
This party was formed to repel slavery and give people of color rights.
This was Lincoln's party. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
It was a debate that repealed the Missouri Compromise, resulted two new territories and more popular sovereignty. -
Election 1856
James Buchanan would win the election and declare that slavery should be legalized. -
Dred Scott
A supreme court case where they declared a black man doesn't have the same rights as that of a black man. -
Lincoln Douglas Debates
Seven Debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephan Douglas over political ideologies. It would end in Lincoln ending. -
Harper's Ferry
John Brown was raiding the weapon stash in Harper's Ferry, Virginia to arm slaves to rebel against the slave owners. -
John Brown
An abolitionist that was conspired a madman for trying to arm slaves with weaponry to fight against their owners. -
Secession
1860-1861 South Carolina and the other southern states succeeded from the Union and formed the Confederacy. -
Election 1860
Abraham Lincoln would be elected the first Republican president of the United States/the Union.