1850-1861

By rodagoat

  • Compromise of 1850

    The Compromise of 1850 allowed for the admission of California as part of the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished. Furthermore, California entered the Union as a free state and a territorial government was created in Utah.

  • Uncle Toms Cabin

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

  • Period: to

    Bleeding Kansas

  • Sumner Caning

    Senator Charles Sumner was attacked with a cane by Representative Preston Brooks in the U.S Senate chamber. Was a violent and controversial event that highlighted the tensions between the North and South over slavery.

  • SC Secession

  • Dred Scott Decision

  • Election of 1860