Timeline: Events Leading To Civil War

Mar 30, 1846

Wilmont Proviso

Attempt To Ban Slavery In The West. (Mexico) First US Attempt To Ban Slavery .

Jan 29, 1850

Compromise Of 1850

A Group Of Five Bills Passed Dealing With The Issues Of Slavery.
California Requested To Enter The United States As A Free State. Upseting The Balance Between The North & South.
Henry Clay Introduces A Series Of Resolutions In Attepmt To Seek Compromise California Enterd The Union As A Free State.

Mar 30, 1850

Fugitive Slave Law

Law Passed To Help Slave Holders Recapture Runaway Slaves. Recieved $10 For Returning The Slave.
Recieved $5 For Releasing The Defendant.

Mar 30, 1852

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Book Informing Of Slavery;
Written By Harriet Beecher Stowe. Caused Conflict Between North & South.

Mar 30, 1854

Bleeding Kansas

Civil War Starts In Kansas ;
Lasted 4 Months, Causing 200 Deaths. Became The Rallying Cry For Anti-Slavery.

Mar 30, 1854

Kansas Nebraska Act

People began Flooding Ino Kansas & Nebraska;
People Who Lived There Got To Choose Pro Slavery Or Slavery. First Attempt To Force The State Into Becoming A Free State.

Mar 30, 1857

Dred Scott

A Slave That Sued For His Freedom ;
African Americans Were Not Considered People, But Property, And Could Not Sue. Increased Tension Between The North & South.

Mar 30, 1858

Lincoln-Douglas Debates

Lincoln & Douglas Debated About Slavery ;
Lincoln Lost The Election, But Became Nationaly Famous. Debated Slavery In 7 Cities In Front Of 12,000 People