civil war timeline By jmoney 54 Mar 3, 1820 missouri compromise 36, 30 line seperated slave and free states anything north of the line free anything south slave used northwest ordinance to admit states Jul 14, 1832 Nullification crisis 1832 Jan 29, 1850 compromise of 1850 - new territoriesired aquired from mexico and spain Sep 8, 1850 fugitive slave act 1850 Mar 14, 2014 bleeding kansas