Events Leading to the Civil War

By Elijah Cromwell
  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise

    To keep the Senate equal, Missouri became a slave state and Maine became a free state.
  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850

    California is a free state. Other states will vote and decide for themselves about slavery. Wash D.C will not allow slave trade.They will pass the fugitive of slave act
  • Fugitive slave act

    Fugitive slave act

    People from north were required to help turn in escaped slaves
  • uncle tom's cabin published

    uncle tom's cabin published

    Harriet Breuner wrote a book about how horrible slavery was.
  • kansas-nebraska act

    kansas-nebraska act

    This large region was divided into two territories because the idea that the settlers of the new territories should decide if slavery would be legal there.
  • dred Scott case

    dred Scott case

    he was going to court for him to be free because his master moved to a free state that and said he should be free, and sued and he lost
  • John brown;s raid on harpers ferry

    John brown;s raid on harpers ferry

    Brown carried his slaves colonist from Kansas act. To the east.Sixteen people were killed in the raid, including ten of his followers
  • south Carolina secedes

    south Carolina secedes

    South Carolina became the first to secede late February 1860 because of Abraham Lincoln a known oppenet of slavery. When he was elected president South Carolina legislature perceived a threat
  • Election of the 1860

    Election of the 1860

    November 6, 1860, Lincoln was elected the 16th president. He was the first Republican president and his victory was entirely due to his support in the North and West.