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.