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a proposal that said any landed gained from the Mexican-American War would be free states.
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a compromise used to put California in the Union, but please the newly unbalanced nation. Proposed by Senator Henry Clay.
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a famous book about slavery written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. The book made people realize slavery is more than just a politcal problem, that these are people, too.
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Lincoln becomes President and tries to show the Confederation he means peace. His offer is rejected.
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An idea to bring two new states into the Union, one free and one slave, and put rail roads through them for easier transportation of people and goods.
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John Brown leads seven men to kill proslavery people near Pottawatomie
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the decision made by the Supreme court whether Dred Scott, a slave brought to the north by his master, is still to be used as a slave.
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a debated between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas for senate. Lincoln gave his famous "A House Divided" speech.
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a raid where Brown and a small group attacked Harper's Ferry to get guns so they could go free slaves
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people of South Carolina felt that when Abraham Lincoln was elected President that they didn't have a voice and everyone was going against them. They then seceded with six other states to become the Confederation.
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7 seceding southern states created this new country
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confederate troops attack Fort Sumter, but they didn't surrender until their 100 troops were nearly dead from lack of food and the blistering flames of the fort.
