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Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was a law in the United States that regulated slavery in the western US. To keep the same nuber of free and slave states Missouri was added as a slave state and Maine was added as a free state. This event led to the Civil War beacuse the free soilers thought the south was using this to get more land for slavery. -
Nathaniel Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner's rebellion was an uprising of slaves against whites where the slaves killed 55-65 people in a matter of a few nights. All the slaves and many more slaves were punished and killed for this rebellion by white militias. This event led to the Civil War because a law was passed shortly after, which did not let the slaves be literate. The rebellion was put to an end at the Belmont Plantation. -
Wilmot Proviso 1846-1850
The Wilmot Proviso did not allow slavery in territories aquired form Mexico in the Mexican War. Daniel Wilmont feared a new pro-slavery territory so he opposed the bill. This caused the Civil War because it was debated on for a long time and people argued about it. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 has five laws passed in September of 1850 that deal with slavery. California wanted to become a free state which would unbalance the number of free and slave states. Utah and New Mexico territories would be added with the slavery to be determined by popular severeignty. This led to the Civil War because the north and south were arguing about the idea of slavery. -
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act punished officials who did not arrest any runaway slaves, All escaped slaves were returned to their masters and that officials and citizens of free states had to help in this law. This was one of the most controversial elements of the 1850 compromise and it scared the northerners of slave power. -
The Kansas- Nebraska Act - "Bleeding Kansas"
The Kansas- Nebraska Act created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and had the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820 by allowing settlers to determine through popular sovereignty whether they would allow slavery within each territory. The Kansas–Nebraska Act divided the nation and pointed it toward civil war. -
The Dred-Scott Case
Dred Scott was a slave in Missouri. His slave owner moved to Illinois, a free state, where slavery was banned. The slave owner died and Scott, with the help of anti slavery lawyers, sued for freedom. The case reached the supreme court. They said he had no right to sue because he was a slave. This decision made anti slavery groups and republicans outraged. -
John brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
John brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry was an attempt by the abolitionist John Brown to start an slave revolt in 1859 by taking a US arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Brown and 20 men were defeated by US marines. Browns death excited abolitionists. -
Lincoln's Election
The United States had been divided during the 1850s on issues about slavery. The Republican Party, in the north, had a majority of the electoral votes, getting Abraham to become president with no support from the south. Seven states seceded from the union and formed the Confederate. The north and south disagreeing was a cause of the Civil War. -
Battle At Fort Sumter
The Battle at Fort Sumter was the attack and surrender of Fort Sumter that started the Civil War. The US army moved to Fort Sumter on December 26, 1860. Fort Sumter controlled the entrance of Charleston Harbor. The fort was low on suppplies so the Confederates attacked but killed no one. Capitan Abner Doubleday had a horrific wittnes of the attack from the inside. This battle was the beginning of the Civil War.
