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Wilmot Proviso
Provented slavery for spreading west. This didnt pass but scared the people in the south , they thought that this was gonna end slavery. -
Compromise of 1850
tried to balance the north and the south . Yes , Provented the civil war from happen at that time . -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This book was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe . Tried stoping slavery. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Let Kansas and Nebraska vote within the state to decide the state would be slave or free states. Many people come to these states to vote. -
Bleeding Kansas
The act cause a small scale war in these states. This event was known as ' Bleeding Kansas ' -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott was a slave that sued for his freedom. This increased the teansion between the north and the south. -
Lincoln-Douglass Debates
This election was between Lincoln and Douglas. Lincoln loss this vote for senator but became nationally famous for it. -
Harper's Ferry
John Brown lead a raid on Harper's Ferry. This stired up a revolt in Virginia and ended slavery. -
Election of 1860
THis elction ment everything to slavery and non slavery. Lincoln won and the south secede to the Confederate States of America. -
Fort Sumter
South opened fire on the Fort and the union had to surrender. The first battle of the civil war the war begins.