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Civil War Events
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Comprimise of 1850
The comprimise of 1850 was a package of five seperate bills passed by the United States congress which defused a four-year politician confrontation between slave and free states. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
A book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that exposed slavery and how bad they were being treated in the Southern states. She sold over 2 million copies within a decade. It got anti-slavery activists very angry and they started to riot -
Dred Scott Decision
On this day in 1857, the United States supreme court issues a decision in the Dred Scott case affirming the right of slave oweners to take their slaves into the Western territories. -
Lincoln-Douglas Delegates
Stephen Douglas introduced a bill and it passed. The election was held on Tuesday November 6th, 1860. Douglas won Senetor but Lincoln ran for president later and won. -
Raid on Harper's Ferry
John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry was an effort by white abolishnist John Brown to initiate an armed slave revolt in 1859 by taking over a United States arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. -
Election of 1860
In the Election of 1860 elected President Abe Lincoln Republican. The United States presidential election of 1860 was the 19th quadenial presidental election. Abe won. -
South Carolina secedes the Union
South Carolina secedes from the Union. -
Mississippi Secedes
Mississippi secedes from the Union. -
Florida
Florida secedes from the Union. -
Alabama
Alabama secedes from the Union. -
Georgia secedes
Georgia secedes from the Union. -
Louisiana Secedes
Louisiana secedes from the Union. -
Texas Secedes
Texas secedes from the Union. -
Confederate States of America are Formed
Confederate states of America are formed. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas or bloody Kansas was a seriews of violent political confrontations in the United States invlolving anti-slavery Free Staters and pro-slavery in Kansas between 1854 and 1861.
