Brian Mackey 1850s events

By BrianMackey08

  • Compromise of 1850

    California was entered as a free state. New Mexico and Utah were allowed to pick if they were free or or slave states. Republic of Texas gave up land for 10 million dollers

  • Uncle Toms Cabin

    Publication of a book about slavery.

  • Kansas Nebraska Act

    U.S. aquires Kansas and Nebraska one free state and one slave state

  • Bleeding Kansas

    Kansas and Missouri break out in fighting over slave and free border.

  • Brooks/Sumner affair

    Sumner gave a speech about what had happend in bleeding kansas

  • Dred Scott decision

    Decision saying that slaves or former slave were not citizens of the United States.

  • John Browns Raid

    Brown lead a fleet of men to attack A Union armery.

  • Lincoln Election

    Lincoln is elected president of the Union.