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Missouri entered the country as a slave state, Maine became a free state to keep balance in Congress, and the Missouri line was created to address slavery in the west.
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Nat Turner, who was enslaved, lead a slave rebellion in Virginia.
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The war between America and Mexico was over the border between Texas an Mexico. The war ended on Feb. 2, 1848 with an American Victory.
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The Wilmot Proviso was a law that stated that slavery was not going to be allowed in Texas. The law didn't pass.
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The Compromise of 1850 again tried to make the North and the South happy. Part of the compromise was to end the Fugitive Slave Act and stop all slave trade in Washington D.C.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin was a fiction book by Harriet Beecher Stowe that showed real-life conditions of the enslaved on a plantation. It showed light to their situation and convinced many Northerners that slavery should end.
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Bleeding Kansas was many violent events that happened in Kansas over whether slaves should be permitted in Kansas or not. Ended in 1859.
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act made it so the citizens in Kansas and Nebraska could vote for whether slavery would be allowed in their states. This violated the 36 30 Line in the Missouri Compromise and failed.
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In the Dred Scott V.S. Sandford case, an enslaved man, Dred Scott, sued for his freedom. The Court ruled against him saying that because he wan't a citizen, he couldn't sue.
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John Brown, a northerner, organized a raid at the armory in Harpers Ferry where he planned for slaves to join in and fight for their freedom. Unfortunately, no slaves joined and he was killed. Ended on Oct. 18, 1859.
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Abraham Lincoln was elected without a single southern vote. Lincoln was a free-soiler and the south decided that they would have to secede from the U.S. because they knew that he would abolish slavery.
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South Carolina seceded from the U.S before Lincoln had even taken office. Their secession caused a ripple effect for the other southern states to secede.
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The southern states had seceded and organized themselves to fight against the North.
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The Civil war began at Fort Sumter when the Confederates bombed a Union occupied fort in South Carolina. It was a Confederate victory. Ended on April 13, 1861.
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The Battle of Antietam was a bloody Civil War battle that lasted 12 hours. It was fought in a field and 23,000 soldiers were wither killed or wounded. It was a Union Victory.
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The Siege of Vicksburg was a Union victory and gave the Union control of the Mississippi River. The Union then were able to split the Confederacy in two down the river. Ended on July 4, 1863.
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The Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the Civil War. Robert E. Lee planned to invade the North, but the invasion failed. It was a Union Victory. Ended on July 3.
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The Fugitive Slave Act was repealed by congress, then signed by Abraham Lincoln. Slaves that found freedom in the north now didn't have to be brought back to their plantation.
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The Battle of The Appomattox Courthouse was a Union victory and led to the surrender of the Confederacy.
