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Missouri Compromise
Congress passed a bill that said that Missouri would be a slave state as long as the rest of the Louisiana Purchase was free. -
Nat Turner Slave Rebellion
A rebellion of slaves led by Nat Turner in Virginia killing 55-65 people of which over half were white. -
Wilmot Proviso
The Wilmot Proviso was an unsuccessful proposal in Congress to ban slavery in the territory won from Mexico after the Mexican-American War. -
War with Mexico
War between Mexico and the U.S so the U.S could expand westward. -
Compromise of 1850
This passed 5 laws that dealt with the issues of slavery and territorial expansion. -
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act was apart of the Compromise of 1850 which stated that if a slave escaped their owner they had to be returned even if in a free state. -
Publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin is an anti-slavery novel about life as a slave on a plantation in the south by Harriet Beecher Stowe. -
Bleeding Kansas
A series of violent confrontation in the Kansas territory between 1854-1859 which started from a debate over the legality of slavery in the territory. As a result Kansas admitted to the Union as a free state. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This act was passed by Congress in 1854 in which it aloud Kansas and Nebraska to decide if they would be a slave state or a free state. -
Dred Scott Decision
The U.S Supreme Court's ruling that living in a free state or territory did not entitle an enslaved person to their freedom in this case it was Dred Scott. -
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
An abolitionist, John Brown believed he was sent to end slavery. So, he led a raid on an arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Va hoping to initiate a slave revolt in southern states. -
Abraham Lincoln is Elected President
Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th president of the United States of America. He was elected with no southern vote causing the south to secede. -
South Carolina Secedes
The first slave state in the south to secede from the Union because they believed Abraham Lincoln was going to free slaves. They also didn't think he was their president because he won with no votes from the south. -
Formation of the Confederate States of America
Seven southern states met and seceded from the Union. -
Fort Sumter
The battle that started the Civil War right out of Charleston, SC. -
Antietam
A battle in the American Civil War fought in Sharpsburg, MD by the Confederate Army and the Union Army. Won by the Union. -
Gettysburg
A battle in the American Civil War, this battle had the largest number of casualties of the entire war often described as the turning point of the war. -
Vicksburg
The Siege of Vicksburg was the final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. -
Appomattox Courthouse
The Battle of Appomattox Courthouse was one of the last battles of the American Civil War fought.
