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United States federal legislation that admitted Missouri as a slave state
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A rebellion of black slaves that took place in Southampton County, Virginia.
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An armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848
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An unsuccessful 1846 proposal in the United States Congress to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican-American war
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Passed on September 18,1850 by congress, was apart of the compromise of 1850. The act required that slaves be returned to their slave owners, even if they were in a free state.
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Consists of five laws passed in September of 1850 that dealt with the issue of slavery and territorial expansion
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The novel centered around the effect on attitudes towards African Americans and slavery in the U.S and is said to have "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War"
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Was an 1854 bill that mandated "popular sovereignty" allowing settlers of territory to decide wheater slavery would be allowed within a new states border.
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Border war was a series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas Territory.
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A landmark decision of the US supreme court in which the court held Constitution was not meant to include American citizenship for African Americans.
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Effort by abolitionist John Brown by taking over the United states Arinsal at Harpers ferry to initiate slave revolt
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in 1860 Lincoln was elected president
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When the ordinance was adopted, South Carolina became the first slave state in the south to declare that it had seceded from the US.
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7 states had seceded, arriving to form the Confederate States of America.
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The battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment near Charleston. The surrender by the US army.
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Also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, was a battle of the American Civil war
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The battle fought around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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Final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign of the american civil war.
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The last battle of the American Civil War.
