events leading to the civil war

  • compromise of 1850

    compromise of 1850
    It was admission of califorinato join as a free state. Slavery being selled in d.c
  • uncle tom's cabin

    uncle tom's cabin
    A story calling for end of slaverly. The south thought it was dad
  • bleeding kanas

    bleeding kanas
    It was a small scalle civil war in Kanas. Rally crying for antislavery.
  • kansas nebraska act

    kansas nebraska act
    People in this territoris coulndn't decide for themselves if they would allow slavery.Led to bleeding Kanas.
  • wilmot proviso

    wilmot proviso
    Banned slavery in mexican cession. First time u.s tried.
  • dred scott

    dred scott
    He was a slave sued for his freedom. African americans were not citizens and could not sue
  • lincoln-douglas debates

    lincoln-douglas debates
    Debating over slaveery. Slavery was wrong but legal abolishing slavery
  • fugitive slave law

    fugitive slave law
    It help slave owners recapture runaway slaves in the north.Managed to keep both sides satisfied.
  • harper ferry

    harper ferry
    Joh brown seized the federal arsenal. Slavery revolt in virginia and end slavery.
  • election 0f 1860

    election 0f 1860
    Voters voted mostly based on which sentor of the country they lived in. Llinclon promised to keep slaverly from spreading in new territories southern states suced.
  • fort sumter

    fort sumter
    South open fire on the north and the north had surrender.
    This was the begining of the war