Events that led to civil war

By zachrick

  • Fugitive slave act

    An act saying that a federal official must catch runaway slaves or pay a fine.

  • uncle toms cabin

    written by Harriet breecher Stowe.
    It was written from abolishonist veiws and started a crisis

  • Republican party created

    new political party made up of whigs free soil and northern democrats.

  • Bleeding Kansas

    when Free states and slave states collided over Kansas being slave or free. There was 4 battles 3 started by slave supporters and 1 by free states

  • sumner attacked

    Charles sumner was attacked on the senate floor by preston because of his anti slave comment.

  • Pottawatomie Massacre

    killed 7 people in reaction to the sacking of Lawrence Kansas. It was led by john brown.

  • Lecompton Constitution

    Kentucky decide after 4 years to vote again free or slave and they voted free.

  • John Brown RAID

    John brown led a raid on a slave owner armary trying to get guns for a slave revolt.

  • abraham lincoln President

    Lincoln becomes the 16th president and one of the first things he wanted to was free the slaves.

  • south carolina leaves union

    first state to leave the union . probably the thing that started civil war. Broke the camels back.