Events Leading to the Civil War

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    Events Leading to the Civil War

  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise
    To keep the Senate equal, Missouri became a slave state and Maine became a free state. 36-30 was the line used to decide future states.

  • Fugitive Slave Act

    Fugitive Slave Act
    The act required people to catch escaped slaves, and resulted in more African Americans being sent South.

  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850
    The compromise did many things like make California a free state and settle the borders between Texas and Mexico.

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin Published

    Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
    Harriet Beecher Stowe became a leader in the north after righting a book about the evils of slavery.

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act
    The act split the Louisiana territory into two, and caused arguments between the North and South who wanted to assert their ideals.

  • John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry

    John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
    A small group raided an arsenal to help slaves. Most were killed but their leader John Brown became a symbol.

  • South Carolina secedes

    South Carolina secedes
    Due to a very anti-slavery president being elected, the very pro-slavery state, South Carolina, seceded from the US.

  • Election of 1860

    Election of 1860
    Abraham Lincoln was elected despite Southern resistance due to him being anti-slavery.

  • Dred Scott case

    Dred Scott case
    Dred Scott was given to his owner's brother when his owner died. He tried to protest because he was now in a free state but the Supreme Court sided against him.