Civil war title

Road to Civil War

  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise
    Missouri joining the Union caused angry debate; which brought the Missouri Compromise in 1820
  • Texas becoming a state

    Texas  becoming a state
    Texas becoming a state caused a debate. Slave state of Free state?
  • Comprimise of 1850

    Comprimise of 1850
    The Comprimise of 1850 is a series of five seperate bills.
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act
    The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed, debating on if Kansas and Nebraska would be a free state of a slave state.
  • Dred Scott Case

    Dred Scott Case
    Dred Scott's desion handed down to the Supreme court, they denied the request and said he was no longer free.
  • Lincoln-Douglass Debate

    Lincoln-Douglass Debate
    The Lincoln-Douglass debate their main topic was Slavery and each person got their opinion out. This was the first to 7 debates.
  • John Brown attacks Harpers Ferry

    John Brown attacks Harpers Ferry
    John Brown led men to an arsenal , a storage plave for weapons and ammunition, in Harpers Ferry VA.
  • President of 1860

    President of 1860
    Lincoln became President which made South mad. THey thought Lincols would abolish slavery alltogether.
  • South Carolina

    South Carolina
    South Carolina became the first state to secede.
  • Confederate States

    Confederate States
    Confederate States of America formed and they choose Jefferson Davis as their President, it brought conflict between some South.
  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter
    Jefferson Davis ordered his men to attach Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, Confederats hosted flad over the fort.