Events Leading Up To The Civil War

Wilmot Proviso

Aug 8, 1846

Tried To Prohibit Slavery Didn't Work

Compromise Of 1850

Sep 15, 1850

North Terms:
-Slave Trade Abolished In. D.C.
- California Is A Free State South Terms

• Fugitive Slave Law
• Territories Could Vote On Matter Of Slavery

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Mar 20, 1852

Tried To End Slavery
Written By: Harriet Beecher Stowe

Kansas - Nebraska

May 30, 1854

Territories could decide if the state would allow slavery

Bleeding Kansas

Jul 30, 1854

Small Scale Civil War

Dred Scott Decision

Mar 30, 1857

Sued for freedom

Lincoln-Douglass Debates

Apr 30, 1858

Debated Slaves

Harper's Ferry

Mar 30, 1859

Slave Revolt

Election Of 1860

Mar 30, 1860

Presidental Election

Fort Sumter

Dec 26, 1860

South attack after Lincoln sent supplies to this fort