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Missouri Compromise
To keep the senate equal, Missouri became a slave stated and Maine a free state. -
Fugitive Slave Act
An act to pass that slaves had to be returned to their "owners" even if they were in a free state. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 that temporarily defused tensions between slave and free states in the years leading up to the American Civil Wa -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
Opened eyes to the public of how slavery is not good. -
Kansas-Nebraska act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty. It also produced a violent uprising known as “Bleeding Kansas,” as proslavery and antislavery activists flooded into the territories to sway the vote. -
Dred Scott case
Chief Justice Roger B. Taney read the majority opinion of the Court, which stated that enslaved people were not citizens of the United States and, therefore, could not expect any protection from the federal government or the court -
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was an effort by abolitionist John Brown, from October 16 to 18, 1859, to initiate a slave revolt in Southern states by taking over the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. It has been called the dress rehearsal for, or tragic prelude to, the American Civil War. -
Election of 1860
Lincon won the popular vote which caused the slaves states to be upset due to how they knew Lincon was against slavery. -
South Carolina secedes
South Carolina the first state to ever secede from the Federal Union