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Missouri Compromise
Stated that states above Missouri were free, below are slave states. -
Nat Turner Slave Rebellion
Nat Turner was a slave that led a rebellion that further hurt the slaves, 200 black people killed and further prohibited education, and movement of enslaved people. -
War With Mexico
This war was because our president thought it was his destiny to move west, and over if Texas ended at the Nueces river or the Rio Grande. -
Wilmot Proviso
States that the spreading of slavery into any land acquired by the United States from Mexico is prohibited. -
Compromise of 1850
Five laws were passed concerning the issue of slavery and territorial expansion. Caused the fugitive slave act. -
Fugitive Slave Act
States that slaves that escaped and were caught, must be returned to their owner. -
Publication Of Uncle Tom's Cabin
This was an anti-slavery novel. Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Let the people of Kansas and Nebraska choose whether slavery was allowed or not in their state. -
Bleeding Kansas
Multiple violent confrontations in Kansas. From 1855-1861 -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott testified for his freedom, but it was decided that all African Americans would never be able to be citizens, and were not viewed as real people. -
John Brown's Raid On Harper's Ferry
He led a raid with a small group for the freedom of slaves. -
Abraham Lincoln Elected President
He was elected. Led the nation through the civil war. -
South Carolina Secedes
South Carolina seceded with a unanimous vote from their legislature. -
Formation Of the Confederates
The Confederate Army formed. -
Fort Sumter
The confederates bombarded Fort Sumter. -
Antietam
Confederate invasion of Maryland, Union victory. -
Vicksburg
Gave the Union control of the Mississippi river. May 18 - July 4 1863. -
Gettysburg
Battle fought that the Union won, stopped Robert E Lee from his invasion of the north. Bloodiest battle of the Civil War. -
Appomattox Courthouse
Ended the war, brought peace and reunion. Robert E Lee surrenders.
