Timeline: Civil war

Period: Jan 1, 1800 to Dec 30, 1860

Events leading up to the Civil War
Jan 1, 1801

Establishment of federally sanctioned slave code

Slave life and slave codes
Oct 20, 1803

Louisiana Purchase

The Library of Congress
Jan 1, 1808

The Act of 1807 (congressional international slave ban)

The Abolition of the slave tradeThe date it went into effect
Feb 16, 1820

Missouri Compromise

Library of Congress
May 15, 1820

Act of Piracy (trade in foreign slaves)

The abolition of the slave trade
Aug 10, 1821

Missouri - slave state

Slave and free states
Mar 11, 1824

Office of Indian Affairs established

[Bureau of Indian Affairs](www.bia.gov/WhoWeAre/BIA/index.htm)
Jan 1, 1825

Antelope Supreme court decision

The Antelope
Aug 22, 1831

Nat Turner's Uprising

Nat Turner's Insurrection
Dec 29, 1845

Texas annexation

Texas annexation
Aug 8, 1846

Wilmot Proviso

Wilmot Proviso
Sep 20, 1850

Compromise of 1850

Libary of congress
Sep 20, 1850

Fugitive Slave Act (1st and 2nd)

The Fugitive Slave Law
Feb 15, 1851

Shadrach Minkins arrest

Shadrach Minkins
Jan 1, 1852

Uncle Tom's cabin

Uncle Tom's cabin
May 30, 1854

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Kansas-Nebraska Act
Mar 6, 1857

Dred Scott Decision

The Dred Scott decision
Oct 16, 1859

John Brown's insurrection

John Brown's raid
Apr 13, 1861

Battle at Fort Sumter

Fort Sumter
Aug 16, 1861

Southern secession

Timeline of Secession

Events leading up to the Civil War