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Know-Nothings Against Catholics and Immigrants
The know nothing party who knows there candidate will not win the election but will force some votes to go to them and not to someone who they want to win the election. This leads to Franklin Pierce being elected in which his actions lead to the civil war. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
An anti slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe. This made the south mad. This book made people realize that slavery was not right and was said to have ultimatly started the war. -
Franklin Pierce Elected
Free soil party and the whig party is no more. Many whigs cross over into Free Democrat wing. The two party system is in disarray. Since each party had different beliefs, this lead to conflict that would lead to the civil war. -
John Brown Kills
Abolitionist John Brown kills 5 proslavery activists. This is one of the bloody attacks between the free soil and pro slavery people. This all leads to the blood shed of the Civil War. -
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that slavery is protected by the constitution and that the ban of slavery in territories unconstitutional. This is what the Civil War is mostly because of slavery in new territories and whether it is constitutional. -
Lincoon Douglas Debates
A series of seven debates Between Republican Lincoln and Democrat Douglas that was over slavery and slave states. They both thought that slavery was bad but for different reasons, Lincoln thought it was not right but douglas thought the community should decide what to do -
Business Failures and Panic
An economic panic occurs that leads to business failures and unemployment. With there not being a lot of jobs, people realize that the jobs are being taken by the slaves. -
John Brown Raid on Harpers Ferry
abolitionist John Brown crosses the Potomac River with twenty-one men, five were black. They armed local slaves with weapons but ten of Brown's men were killed when his forces killed four. This forces pro slavery and anti slavery farther apart. -
John Brown Trial
John Brown said that he would forfeit his life to reach justice. The south and the north were not getting along and didn't agree with certain laws. -
Lincoln Asserts Prerogative on Slavery
Lincoln states that the federal government has the power to stop slavery. Of course the south did not agree with that and the Southern states formed the Confederate States.
