Lengthy Timeline about the events leading up to the civil war, specifically the ones caused by the crappy presidents.
By Longfather
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James Monroe signed a bill that added Missouri to the United States as a slave state, and Maine as a free one, but also, no states above the 45th parallel could be a slave state.
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The Wilmot Proviso was a plan to ban slavery from any territory that the U.S. gained from Mexico during that epic war we had. The House of Representative loved the idea, but it was rejected by the Senate.`
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The Compromise of 1850 was when, in order to solve a rising crisis, some adjustments were made. California was made a free state, the Missouri Line was abolished, and the New Mexico territory was made into a voting area, where slavery could be voted on. Nobody was satisfied by this and it only made the problem worse.
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As a result of the Compromise of 1850, the fugitive slave act went into effect, meaning any escaped slaves in the north must be sent back to the south.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a book called "Uncle Tom's Cabin", which was about the life of a slave, from the perspective of slave. It opened the eyes of many to the suffering endured in the south, and convinced many to join the abolitionist movement.
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During the events of Bleeding Kansas, the Whigs party basically thrown out the window. In the chaos, a group of anti-slavery former-Whigs formed a group calling themselves the republicans, and officially named themselves as a political party in America.
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This act allowed people living in Kansas and Nebraska to vote and decide whether or not to have slavery be a part of their life. It was not taken well, as nobody could agree and most resorted to killing off their competition. It resulted in an event known as Bleeding Kansas. It ended badly.
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In the United States Senate representative Preston brooks attacked senator Charles Sumner with a walking cane in retaliation for the speech he gave that attacked slave owners like his relative. This almost killed him.
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The Dred Scott case Was where a slave name Dred Scott was resided in a free state and territory. He was not entitled to his freedom because African Americans were not allowed rights at this time in history.
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The Lincoln Douglas debate was known as seven debates between Abraham Lincoln a republican and senator Stephen Douglas of the democrat party. The senators were elected by the state legislature. This debate mostly discussed of slavery.Lincoln and Douglas decided to hold one debate in each of the nine congressional districts in Illinois.
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Harper’s Ferry is a historic town in Jefferson County, West Virginia, where John Brown raid on armory in 1859 and it’s role in the american civil war was huge.
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Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president over a deeply divided democratic party. Lincoln received 40% of popular vote defeating the other three candidates. Who were democrat John C Breckenridge, John Bell, and Stephen Douglas.When Lincoln won the election showed signs of session this made the southern states furious. Lincoln was not for slavery in the west and didn't want it spreading.
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When the Southern States seemingly had lost the battle with the north over slavery, they decided to leave the union and pass their own laws. This was the last thing that they did before the Civil War made them not do it.
