Prior civil war map

Events prior to The U.S. Civil War

By j.bethany
  • Invention of the cotton gin

    Invention of the cotton gin

  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise

  • Tariff of 1828 & Nullification Crisis

    Tariff of 1828 & Nullification Crisis

  • Underground railroad

    Underground railroad

  • The Liberator is published

    The Liberator is published

  • Nat Turner's Rebellion

    Nat Turner's Rebellion

  • Wilmot Proviso

    Wilmot Proviso

  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin is published

    Uncle Tom's Cabin is published

  • 'Bleeding Kansas'

    'Bleeding Kansas'

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

  • Brooks-Sumner Event

  • Dred Scott Decision

  • Lincoln-Douglas Debates

  • John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry

  • Election of 1860

  • Secession of Southern States

  • Fort Sumter is fired upon

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