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Missouri Compromise
Missouri requested no join the Union as a slave state. Many argued over this, because that meant that there would be a majority of slave states. There was a compromise and Maine was admitted as a free state while Missouri wwas admitted as a slave state. This was an early showing of tentions between the slave states, the south, and the free states, the north. -
Ablolitionist Movement
Abolitionists created tention with the south by arguing that their main source of profit was a wrong source of income. The south profited greatly off of slavery, but abolitionists believed no one should be enslaved. Abolitionists created tention with the south, and conflict fueled the war. -
Nat Turner's Revolt
Nat Turner's rebellion was one of the worst rebellion in the armerican south. There were around 60 casualties. Because of the horrificness of the rebellion, many beggan to wonder why a slave would do this. Many took Nat Turner's side and many took the other side. Nat Turner's revolt was influenctal in causing the civil war, because it made many question slavery. -
Fugitive Slave Act and Underground Railroad
An owner could retrieve his escaped slave from the north and return him to slavery with the Fugative Slave Act. The Underground Railroad was made in response to the act. The Underground Railroad was used to free slaves and provide a path for them to be free. The Underground Railroad led all the way to Canada, so you couldn't be returned to slavery through the Fugitive Slave Act. The north thought the Fugitive Slave Act made everyone a slave, and south hated when their slaves ran away. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This book depicts life as a slave. Before this book, there was much propaganda depicting happy and content slaves. This book showed the terrors of slavery and gave a band new perspective to Americans. Many believed slavery was moprally wrong after reading this book. -
John Brown and Bleeding Kansas
The Kansas-Nebraska act overturned the Missouri Compromise. Using the principle of popular sovereignty, residents would decide whether the state was a free or a slave state. Violence soon erupted in Kansas and John Brown led the anti-slavery fighters. Kansas was the battleground of slavery. Violence erupted with the conflict of slavery, war had to be soon to follow. -
Dred Scott Decision
In this court case, Dred Scott vs. Stanford, it was ruled that a black man could not be a citizen, and the federal government had no right to prohibit slavery in any territory. The ruling strongly favored southern opinion. The supreme court justices were largely made up of southerners, so many northerners were angry their opinion was only faintly heard. -
Election of 1860
Lincoln, an anit-slaverist, was elected this year. The south knew conflict was soon to come from Lincoln and the rest of the north. The south, if stubburn to change, would launch a civil war on the north and would have to secede from the United States. This is what ended up happening. -
South Seccession
The south officially secedes from the United States. This was the final act before the civil war. By seceding, the south said they didn't agree with the United States, and chose the life of slavery instead. The South and the rest of the United States could now declare war against each other, since they were each viewed as its own country.
