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The Missouri Compromise was a federal statute in the United States that regulated slavery in the country's western territories.
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Led by Nat Turner, rebel slaves killed anywhere from 55-65 people.
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When Dred Scott sued his previous slave owner in federal court.
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A package of bills passed by the United States Congress regarding the status of the territories.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin was the best-selling novel of the 19th century and the second best-selling book of that century, following the Bible.
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When John Brown planned to create an army of slaves to rebel against slavery.
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Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of th United States, was elected into office.
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South Carolina became the first Southern state to declare its secession and later formed the Confederacy.
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Bleeding Kansas, Bloody Kansas or the Border War was a series of violent political confrontations in the United States involving anti-slavery Free-Staters and pro-slavery "Border Ruffian" elements, that took place in the Kansas Territory and the neighboring towns of the state of Missouri between 1854 and 1861.
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The bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter.
