Events leading up to the Civil War

By SethMWatson
  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850

    Texas got 10 million to have less land. Then, Washington D.C. was forced to stop trading slaves, though they could still keep them.
  • Fugitive Slave Law

    Fugitive Slave Law

    All fugitive slaves were required by law to return to their owners.
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Released in 1852, this book made many people turn to abolitism for it's portrayal of slave life.
  • The Kansas-Nebraska Act

    The Kansas-Nebraska Act

    The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed states to decide if they were a free state or a slavery state on the basis of popular sovereignty
  • Dred Scott Decision

    Dred Scott Decision

    Ruled that a slave was property and therefore had no right to sue.
  • Harper's Ferry

    Harper's Ferry

    John Brown led a slave revolt and was hung. He was a martyr in the northern states.
  • Abraham Lincoln's election

    Abraham Lincoln's election

    No one voted for him in the south because he was against slavery, but he made it as president.
  • Fort Sumter Attack

    Fort Sumter Attack

    As Fort Sumter was being resupplied, the South attacked. This marked the start of the war.