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The Missouri Compromise
Maine becomes a free state and missouri becomes a slave state.Split the lousanna purchase alon 36 30 with the north bing free and the south being slave. This caused more of a division in the country, which helped lead to the Civil War. -
Compromise of 1850
Herney Clay a senator from kentucky, was determined to find a solution. In 1820 he found a solution to the firey debate. But still both sides are still not happy with everything so later that will tontibute to the start of the Civil War. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher was a author who wrote a book called Uncle Tom's Cabin. It was a book about a slave who now about two slave that hide the slave that now about it was whipped to death. This was a big reason there was a civil war because the north was shocked and angrey because the south does this. -
Kansas and Nebraska Act
Nebraska and kansas were fighting because they didn't know to make it a slave or a free state.The person behind the Kansas-Nebraska Act was Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois. This was a event single most important to starting the civil war. -
Preston canes Charles Sumner
One of the most deeply and dramatic moment in the Senate's entire history, a senator beat up another senator. The man beat up the other man with a golden cane. It got the south happy and said to beat him again and the north was angrey because a senator from the north was beat up. also the south man was Preston Brooks and the north man that was beat up was Charles Sumner. -
Pattawatomie Creek Massacre
A Northeren man named john brown went into a camp with southeren people and drager them out and kill them with a broadsword. It was at night and he killed 5-7 southeren people. This is a event that started the civil war because john brown was not arrested for this. -
Dred Scott vs Stanford
The United States Supreme Court issues a decision in the Dred Scott case. Affirming the right of slave owners to take their slaves into the Western territories. Dred scott lost the case that was the significant event that made the south angrey because they could not take te slaves to the west. -
Lincoln and Douglas Debates for Senator in 1858
When the coutry was in disunion to polititions from Illinois got the attention from the nation. Douglas was a well known politionan and Linloln was not known as much. In the end even though lincoln won most of the debates Douglas still won. -
Harpers Ferry Raid
In october 16 1859 john brown led a small group of 18 people into a town called Harpers Ferry. His plan was to take over a armory and arm the slave but they failed. His got the south angey because they want john brown did and. It got the north angey because john brown was executed. -
Election of 1860
Lincoln and Douglas meet up again this time for president. Lincoln got most of the north and Douglas got most of the south. This was a signifcant event to the civil war because the south said if Lincoln win they will leave seperate from the north. -
Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter is a island located in the Charleston Harbor,
South Calorina. It is most famous for the frst shots fired for the Civil War. It was a important event because it stared the Civil War and the Confederates won the battle.
