Events leading the Civil War

By LuisAvina
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    19th Century

  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise

    Author:Almost every U.S. senator and representative had a hand in creating it.(NoAuthor)
    Key Points:1. Missouri will be admitted as a slave state 2. Maine will be admitted as a free state 3. Anything above the line was considered a free state.
  • Wilmot Proviso

    Wilmot Proviso

    Author: David Wilmot
    Key Points: Banned Slavery in the Mexican cession
  • Compromise Of 1850

    Compromise Of 1850

    Author: Henry Clay
    Key Points: California:Free, New Mexico: Slave, Texas could be seperated into 5 states, Ban slave trade in Waashington D.C, New fugitive law-Captured slaves had to be turned in.
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Author:None
    Key Points: Allowing white male settling in those to determine popular soverignty,the would allow slavery within each territory
  • ''Bleeding Kansas"

    ''Bleeding Kansas"

    Bleeding Kansas is the term used to described the period of violence during the settling of the Kansas territory.
  • Dred Scott Case

    Dred Scott Case

    Free slave was taken to free state by owner.Was still property due to the 5th amendment.Sued for being property.
    Lost case .
  • John Brown's Raid.

    John Brown's Raid.

    On October 16, 1859, John Brown led a small army of 18 men into the small town of HARPER'S FERRY, Virginia. His plan was to instigate a major slave rebellion in the South.