Events Leading To The Civil War

By Shaniya Parker

  • Missouri Compromise of 1820 (Purple)

    Balance between slave and free states; Sectionalism began; Anything North of the of Mason/Dixon line = free state and anything South of the line = slave state

  • The Missouri Crisis (red)

    Tensions between pro-slavery and anti-slavery began to arise across the US; Missouri requested the Union to be admitted as a free state and it treatened the balance between free and slave states; and Missouri Compromise
  • Nat Turner's Slave Revolt (red)

    Nat Turner's Slave Revolt (red)

    A slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, where rebel slaves killed from 55 to 65 people, the highest number of fatalities caused by any slave uprising in the Southern United States.
  • Texas Annexation of 1844 (Red)

    Texas Annexation of 1844 (Red)

    Texas was added to the US after the signing and ratification of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo in 1848. Texas = slave state.

  • The Wilmot Proviso (red)

    Designed to eliminate slavery in the new terrioties added to Mexio after Mexican War
  • Compromise of 1850 (red)

    Compromise of 1850 (red)

    5 bills; Fugitive Slave Law; Diffused 4 year political confrontation
  • Fugitive Slave Law (purple)

    Fugitive Slave Law (purple)

    A law that was passed by congress that stated how a runaway slave from one state can be returned to owner in another state (part of compromise of 1850)
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin (red)

    Uncle Tom's Cabin (red)

    Novel by Harriet Beeher Stowe about harsh slave treatment and harsh conditions dealing with slavery; created sympathy; women were attracted to this book

  • Formation of the Republican Party 1854 (Blue)

    First statewide convention that formed a platform and nominated candidates under the name "Republican." The new party opposed to the expansion of slavery into new territories and selected a statewide slate of candidates.

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act (red)

    Allowed citizens in these states to vote weather slavery was legal; Both voted free states; Based on Mason/Dixon Line
  • Dred Scott vs. Sanford (red)

    Dred Scott vs. Sanford (red)

    Slave in Missouri that sued because he claim his residents made him a free man; Sued the Emersons; Became slave again along with his family based off Missouri Supreme Court decision

  • Lincoln-Douglas Debates (red)

    7 debates in 1858 campaign that discussed conflict of free and slave states
  • John Brown (red)

    John Brown (red)

    John Brown attempted to destroy slavery; Important force to Civil War

  • Underground Railroad (red)

    Network of routes extended through 14 Northern states and “the promised land” of Canada, which is beyond the reach of fugitive-slave hunters. Lead by Harriet Tubman.

  • Election of 1860 (red)

    Abraham's victory in the election = the south seceding
  • Bleeding Kansas

    Bleeding Kansas

    Series of violent political confrontations between free and slave states; started because of the Nebraska-Kansas Act. (1855-1860)

  • William Garrison Publishes The Liberator

    Weekly newspaper published by William Lloyd Garrison; denounced the Compromise of 1850, condemned the Kansas-Nebraska Act, damned the Dred Scott decision and hailed John Brown’s raid as “God’s method of dealing retribution upon the head of the tyrant.”; He was against slavery (1831-1865)