Events Leading Up To the Civil War

Missouri Compromise

Jan 10, 1820

It prohibited slavery and doubled the size of the United States.

Compromise of 1850

Jul 9, 1850

It was a four year confrontation between the Slave States of the South and the free states of the North during the Mexican American War.

Kansas Nebraska Act

May 30, 1854

This act repealed the Missouri Compromise.

Brooks Sumner's Incident

May 22, 1856

Preson Brookes beat Sumner almost to death for talking about his coudin.

Harpers Ferry Raid

Oct 16, 1859

John Brown led 20 men into the small town of Harper's Ferry, Virginia to instigate a major slave operation.

Fort Sumter

Apr 12, 1861

This is where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.