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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncles Tom's Cabin was written by Harriet Beecher. The book is about the life of a slave named Uncle Tom. It shows the more gruesome side of slavery, it became the battle cry for Abolitionists. The gruesomeness was slightly over exaggerated by Beecher but, was still true to the nature of slavery. This book was highly praised by the Abolitionists in the North who, wanted the slaves to be free. In the South the book was ridiculed by Pro-slavers, who wanted to keep slavery. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas (1854-1861) was a micro-civil-war fought on the boarders of Kansas. When Kansas was to be come a state voting was held to see if it would come in as a slave state or a free state. This caused Abolitionists and Pro-slavers to fight over wither Kansas would be a free state or slave state. Periodically both side would fight battles with each other, capture towns and set prisoner free. This was the first big indication of how strongly each side felt for what the believed was right. -
Republican Party Founded
The Republican Party was founded as an anti-slavery party. The introduction of this new and anti-slavery party really angered the South. The North was pleased with this new party. Creating a party that openly disagreed with what the South strongly wanted, made the south grow more distance with what the North wanted and closer to civil war. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was an act that allowed people in Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery or not. This act repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery north of the latitude 36 30'. The Kansas-Nebraska Act infuriated many citizens in the North, while citizens of the south strongly supported the act. -
Brooks-Sumner incident
Senator of Massachusetts Charles Summer gave a bitter speech aimed towards Senator Andrew Butler of South Carolina. Re. Preston Brooks a distant cousin of Butler thought Summer went too far in his speech and dishonored his cousin. Brooks decided to teach Summer a lesson by repeatedly hitting hem on the head with his cane. The cane broke and Brooks did not stop till restrained by others. The south gave Brooks new canes and reelected Brooks. Those actions angered the North more than the beating. -
Election 1856
The Election of 1856 was a highly heated election. The southern Democrats warned that if a Republican was elected it would lead to civil war. The north backed Republican candidate Fremont who backed the Missouri Compromise in 1820. -
Dred Scott Case
The verdict of the Dred Scott Case was that a territory could not ban slavery whiten the territory's own boarders. This verdict inflamed the Northers public opinion on slavery. The verdict caused for a greater support of anti-slavery in the North and a surge of popularity of the anti-slavery Republican Party. -
LeCompton Constitution
LeCompton Constitution was a constitution framed by the Southern pro-slavery advocates in Kansas. LeCompton Constitution protected slavery and had a Bill of Fights that exulted free blacks. This Constitution was short down by the Federal government. The Norther Abolitionist were angered by this Constitution and decided to make their own Constitution for a free Kansas. The Free Constitution was passed by the Federal government. -
Lincoln-Douglas debates
With Douglas saying that whole states could not ban slavery, only towns could, the southerns refused to support him. This lead to Lincoln becoming president and many southern states to seceded from the Union. -
House Divided Speech
In this speech Lincoln is saying the the country remain half-free and half-slavery. The people toke this as he wanted war to end slavery. The South wanted to keep their slavery but the north did not want to go to war over slavery. -
Harpers Ferry
This was the time blacks and whites fought together to free slaves. John Brown lead 25 men o a Federal Armory to gain weapons to arm the slaves, so they could fought for their freedom. This angered the south the South. -
John Brown Death
The death of abolitionist John Brown was concerted a good day for the South. They had finally killed the man that took away some of their slaves. For the North is was a unjust day. a man that did what was morally right was killed for freeing people that needed to be free. -
Election 1860
When Lincoln won this election the South saw it as a move to take away their property, their slaves. The North saw this as being one step closer to freeing the slaves -
Lincoln's 1st" inaugural Address
When Lincoln said in this speech that seceding states are breaching the Constitution and that violence was an option to restore the Union, the South took that as a personal attack. -
Secession of Southern States
When the Southern States seceded from the Union they broke the Constitutions and caused the Feral Government to use all means to reunite the Union.
