Events Leading To The Civil War .

Wilmot Proviso

Mar 30, 1846

Congress Tried To Stop The Spread Of Slavery .
It Failed, But South Is Concered .

Compromise Of 1850

Mar 30, 1850

They Managed To Keep Both Sides Satisfied And Prevent A Permanet Split Before The Civil War .

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Apr 2, 1852

Story Calling For An End To Slavery .

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Apr 2, 1854

People Began FLooding Into Kansas And Nebraska.
States Could Decide For Themselves .

Bleeding Kansas

Apr 2, 1854

Small Scale Civil War In Kansas.
The Rally Cry For The Anti-Slavery Northerners & Republican Party; Bleeding Kansas .

Dred Scott Decision

Apr 2, 1857

Dred Scott Was A Slave And Sued For His Freedom .
The Supreme Court Ruled - African Americans Were Not Citizens And Could Not Sue .

Lincoln-Douglass Debates

Apr 2, 1858

Lincoln And Stephen A. Douglass Were Running For Senator.
Lincoln Said Slavery Was Wrong But Legal .
Douglass Won Election.

Harper's Ferry

Apr 2, 1859

John Brown- Seized The Federal Arsenal .
Stir Up A Slave Revolt In Virginia And End Slavery.
Brown Became A Hero In The Cause Of Slavery .

Election Of 1860

Apr 2, 1860

Voters In 1860 Voted Mostly Based On Which Section Of The Country They Lived In.
Lincoln Promised To Keep Slavery From Spreading Into The New Territories.

Fort Sumter

Apr 12, 1861

South Opened Fire On April 12, 1861 And The Union Had To Surrender .
Only Thing Killed Was A Horse .