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Leading to civil war

By munsonboyjr

  • Wilmot Proviso

    Eliminate slavery with new land

  • Compromise of 1850

    Five bills passed by the U.S.

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin is published

    Boook written about the slave life on the plantations.

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    People could now move into the territories.

  • John Brown's Pottawatomie Creek Masacre

    Attacks in Kansas by John Brown

  • Dred Scott

    Court ruling against a slave named Dred Scott

  • Douglas Debate

    Speech about the importance of the north and south staying together

  • John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry

    Took over an arsenal at Harper's Ferry.

  • Abraham Lincoln is president

    Abraham Lincoln is voted the first Republican president.

  • The south seceeds from the Union

    The so no longer stays with the Union

  • CSA is formed

    The south breaks away from the Union

  • Confederates fire on Fort Sumter

    The south fires on Union fort in South Carolina.

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