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Missouri Compromise
This agreement prohibited slavery north of the Missouri Compromise line, with the exception of the Missouri State. This was done to maintain an equal balance between the Free and Slave States in the Senate. This creates a line of conflict that shows the two sides that will oppose in the Civil War. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner, an enslaved man, led a group of other enslaved people to rebel against their owners. Up to 200 slaves were massacred and reenforced proslavery movements, through more restrictions on slave's rights in the legislature (loss of education, movement, and grouping of enslaved people). -
The Fugitive Slave Act
Part of the 1850 Compromise, signed by the US Congress, the fugitive slave act forced all runaway slaves to be returned to their masters even if they enter a free state. The act also held the federal government responsible for the finding, returning, and trying of escaped slaves. -
Uncle Toms Cabin is Published
Harriet Beacher Stowe was an American woman who was an author, and an abolitionist. She wrote the fictional story Uncle Toms Cabin which talks about the life of a slave. During the 19th century, it was the most sold book only behind the bible. It was widely read in the North and the South, southerners considered it untruthful and slanderous. It brought a new perspective of life to white people both in the North and South and taught them about the struggle of black slaves. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
An act signed by the US Congress allowed for territories in Kansas and Nebraska to vote on if they wanted to be a free or slave state. This act repealed the Missouri Compromise and led to "Bleeding Kansas". -
Start of "Bleeding Kansas"
Bleeding Kansas was a war between Pro and Anti Slavery armies in Kansas during 1856-1865. The people moving to the new Kansas territory fought in a vote to make it a free or slave state although in the Missouri Compromise it was stated that it should be a free state (the law was overruled), under the Kansas-Nebraska Act, it allowed Kansas citizens to vote on if the state should be a free or slave state. -
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Dred and Harriet Scott were both slaves who had moved around with their owner who was an army surgeon.When their owner died his wife obtained them. While moving with their former owner they would travel into free states like Wisconsin and Illinois. A Missouri Statue stated that slaves must be free from their owners if they enter a free state, even if they return to a slave state/territory. This case went through many courts until the US Supreme Court decided that he is a property with no rights. -
John Brown's Raid On Harpers Ferry
John Brown a white abolitionist led a small group of people into Harpers Ferry Virginia in an attempt to raid a small federal armory that had guns and ammunition. They planned to revolt against the south with armed enslaved people. They were stopped by the US Marines led by Colonel Robert E. Lee, he was then tried by the state for treason and murdered, and finally was convicted and hanged. -
The Election Of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was from the North and was from the Republican party. He wasn't even included in many of the southern states because of him and his party's belief in anti-slavery. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
After the election of Abraham Lincoln, seven states seceded from the Union and called themselves the Confederacy. Some of the forts owned by the Union were now in Confederate territory. When Lincoln decided to resupply this island fort, the Confederates attacked Fort Sumter for 34 hours straight and started the Civil War.
