Primary Source Timeline

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  • Roger Taney

    Roger Taney
    1. Roger Taney's Observation of Predjudice in America
    2. Racism was extremely obvious in America
    3. Dred Scott decision, split between North and South regarding African-American Rights
    4. Blacks couldn't become slaves, Civil War

  • John Brown's Execution

    John Brown's Execution
    1. John Brown's Execution
    2. The South wanted to use Brown as an example for all that attempted to oppose slavery
    3. Raid on Harper's Ferry, trying to institute Civil War
    4. Split between the North and South, Civil War

  • Lincoln's Election

    Lincoln's Election
    1. Description of voting results in several Northern states
    2. Abraham Lincoln dominated the North during the election
    3. The election of 1860
    4. The south seceding from the union, the Civil War

  • Secession of Southern States from the Union

    Secession of Southern States from the Union
    1. The South seceded from the Union, officially making the North and South two seperate entities.
    2. The South had been eager to secede, and now were relieved to be seperate from the Union
    3. Continuing tension between the South and North over multiple issues, the struggle for power between the North and South
    4. The Civil War