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Civil War Timeline
Events leading up to the civil war from the MO. Compromise to the Attack of FT.Sumner. -
Missouri Compromise
When congress changed Missouri was admitted to be a slave state and Maine would be free. This made a lot of agruments between the north and south. -
The Compromise of 1850
When Henry Clay of Kentucky made an agreement to admit that california would be a free state. This allowed the southwestern states to have no restriction on slavery. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
When Stephen A. Douglas created two new territories and abolished the MO. Comprimise leaving it u to the settlers to vote on if they should have slavery. -
Dred Scott Decision
When an enslaved man went up north to Wisconsin with his owner and returned to Missouri to win his freedon back in court. Many people fought for his freedom in the north which made controversy in the south -
Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln wins with just 40% votes. Most were in the north. Southerners feared that he would abolish slavery. So, the south secceds from the union. -
Attack on Ft. Sumter
This marked the beginning of the Civil War. When Beauregard commanded his forces to attack on Fort Sumter.
