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A nation divided

By Isack

  • Wilmot Proviso

    United States Congress to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico.

  • Compromise of 1850

    Five bills passed by the United States Congress that stopped a political confrontation between slave and free states.

  • Dred Scott Decision

    He wanted to get away from slavery.

  • "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is first published

    Novel about what slavery is

  • Kansas - Nebraska Act

    It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to have the desion whether or not to allow slavery.

  • John Brown's Massacre at Pottawatomie Creek

    Murder of 5 men from the settlement on Pottawatomie Creek.

  • Lincoln - Douglas Debate "A House Divided Against itself can not stand."

    Lincoln and Douglas where running to get spot as senate.

  • John Brown's Raid at Harpers Ferry, Virginia

    Was about a war in the south to help or see slave.

  • Abraham Lincoln is elected as a Republican President

    Republican National Convention nominated Lincoln as president in 1860.

  • South Carolina Secedes from the Union

    voted to declare secession from the United States.

  • Confederate States of America are formed

    Where slavery plantations formed the Confederate States.

  • Confederate Troops Fire at Fort Sumter, South Carolina

    Had guns and fired on fort summer.

  • Confederate Troops Fire at Fort Sumter, South Carolina

    Had guns and fired on fort summer.