Events Leading to Civil War

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  • The Missouri Compromise

  • The state of New York abolishes slavery.

  • Robert Purvis leads the Underground Railroad, it is started then.

  • Congress implements several measures forming the Compromise of 1850.

  • Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes Uncle Tom's Cabin. There are many mixed feelings.

  • Nebraska-Kansas Act is passed.

  • "Bleeding Kansas" is given to Kansas. Killing and unrest has spread through the state.

  • Supreme court ruling in Dred Scott case declares Missouri Compromise unconstitutional

  • Johnny Brown attacks Harper Ferry, Virginia. He he arrested and executed.

  • Lincoln’s election