Causes of Civil War Timeline and Tension Meter!

By jnieves_

  • Underground Railroad

    Underground Railroad
    Harriet Tubman who was an escaped slave returned to free many more slaves.

  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850
    The Compromise of 1850 was intended to settle disagreements between slave states and free states.

  • Last Compromise of 1850

    Last Compromise of 1850
    The compromise of 1850 admits California a free state.

  • Fugitive Slave Act

    Fugitive Slave Act
    It was a law apart of the Compromise of 1850 designed to make sure that escaped slaves would return into bondage.

  • Uncle Tom Published

    Uncle Tom Published
    Uncle Toms Cabin finally got published.

  • Franklin Pierce Elected

    Franklin Pierce Elected
    After election, free soil party and the Whig party dissolves. Two party system is in disarray

  • Kansas Nebraska Act

    The Kansas Nebraska Bill passes, largely thanks to Democratic senator Stephen Douglas.

  • Dred Scott v. Sandford

    The U.S Supreme Court rules taht slavery is protected by the Contitution, and that a ban of slavery in the territories is unconstitutional.

  • Lincoln Douglas Debates

    Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas engaged in a series of fiery debates.

  • Lincoln Elected

    Abraham Lincoln is elected president of the United States, trys to abolish slavery creating tension between North and South.