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The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri trade off made an unevenness between the quantity of ace/abolitionist subjection states until the confirmation of Maine as an abolitionist subjugation state. In the wake of turning into a professional subjugation state, it took into consideration a fanciful line to be drawn isolating the previous Louisiana Territory into expert and abolitionist servitude divisions. This was finished after the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. (Incorrect date & month) Correct year. -
Compromise of 1850
Henry Clay came up with a list of solutions for the North and South so there wouldn't be any conflict. The compromise was like the new fugitive slave act. Calhoun didn't agree with Clay and was basically trying to stop the North from their effort to limit slavery. -
Fugitive Slave Law
Also known as the "compromise of 1850," required that all fugitive slaves go back to where they came from. (Their slave owner) This law took away all rights for the slaves to testify for themselves. Also it stated that all U.S citizens and U.S marshall's had to escort slaves back to the south. If someone was caught trying to free a slave they had to pay a fine or go to jail. -
Kansas- Nebraska Act
This act let Kansas and Nebraska choose wether or not they wanted slavery. The act was made to abolish the Missouri Compromise of 1820. The Kansas-Nebraska Act was one of the most important events leading to the Civil War. -
Election of 1860
President election of Lincoln (republican), Breckenridge (democrat), Douglas (democrat), and Bell (union) took place. The mayhem that happened during Lincoln's campaign led to the Civil War. Lincoln won the election. -
Battle of Antietam
The first battle of the Civil war to be fought on a foreign ground. It is know as the "bloodiest day" of the Civil war. There was 23,000 soldiers wounded, killed and kidnapped during the battle. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation and slaves were declared free. The main reason he wrote the Proclamation is he wanted to bring the country together. Lincoln hoped that the proclamation would make southern slaves join the Northern armies. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Robert E. Lee was planning on invading the North for the second time and the Battle of Gettysburg stopped him. It was the "bloodiest battle" of the Civil War. The Union won the battle.