Our Pre-Civil War Events By miller205178 Mar 6, 1820 Missouri Compromise The Missouri Compromise was an agreement passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress, involving primarily the regulation of slavery in the western territories. Aug 8, 1846 Wilmont Proviso http://www.ushistory.org/us/30a.asp Sep 9, 1850 California Statehood www.inn-california.com/articles/history/californiastatehood.html Sep 18, 1850 Fugitive Slave Act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_Slave_Act_of_1850 Jun 5, 1851 Uncle Tom's Cabin was published http://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/utc/ May 30, 1854 Onsted Manifesto http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/hns/ostend/ostend.html May 21, 1856 Raid on Lawerance, Kansas http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/lawrencesack.htm May 22, 1856 Charles Sumner Beating http://www.senate.gov/vtour/sumner.htm Aug 21, 1858 Linvcon-Douglas Debates http://www.ushistory.org/us/32b.asp Feb 8, 1861 South Carolina secedes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_South_Carolina May 30, 2012 Kansas-Nebraska Act
