Events Leading To Civil War

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  • Wilmot Proviso

    Wilmot Proviso
    Congress tried to stop the spread of slavery. It failed, but the south is concerned.

  • Compromise Of 1850

    Compromise Of 1850
    Keep the balance between slave and free states. Henry Clay was asked to write it.

  • Fugitive Slave Law

    Fugitive Slave Law
    Helped slave owners recapture runaway slaves.

  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850
    Admission of California as a free state.Slaves being sold in DC. Keep the balance between slave and free states. Written by Henry Clay.

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Uncle Tom's Cabin
    Story calling for an end to slavery. Seperated the north and south.

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act
    People in the territories could decide for themselves whether their state would allow slavery. People began flooding into Kansas and Nebraska.

  • Bleeding Kansas

    Bleeding Kansas
    Pro Slavery and Ablolionists fought with guns and swords. A small civil war erupted in Kansas.

  • Dred Scott

    Dred Scott
    He sued for his freedom. Increased the tension between the northern and southern states.

  • Lincoln-Douglass Debates

    Lincoln-Douglass Debates
    Debated about slavery. Licoln said slavery should not be expanded. He lost but became nationally famous.

  • Harper's Ferry

    Harper's Ferry
    John Brown seized the federal arsenal. Became a hero in the cause of slavery.

  • Election Of 1860

    Election Of 1860
    Voting mostly based on which side of the country you lived in. Southern seceed disagreements states rights issue breaking the compromise.

  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter
    Started civil war. South won the battle.