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Dred Scott Decision
He was a slave his owner lived in nonslave states. He lived in free states. When his owner died he went to court to become a free slave because he lived in free states with his owner and he ended up going to the suprem court and lost the case. -
Compermise of 1850
Missouri would become a slave and maine as a free state. This way the states could be equal. -
Publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin was publish by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It was in an anti- slavery paper in Washington DC -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Deciding themselves if they should have slaves or not. They had electios to vote it should be free or not against pro-slavery(for) and anti-slavery(against) -
Bleeding Kansas
The expansion of slavery led to violence in Kansas. Events in Kansas along the Kansas-Missouri border there was a national conflict that ultimately led to the Civil War. -
Brooks/Summer Affair(Violence in Congress)
Charles Summer made a speech about denouncing slavery. Which residents of new states could decide whether to make slavery legal or not.
Preston Brooks was the nephew of Andrew Butler who Summer is after. Brooks thinks Charles Summer should be beaten with a cane. Brooks beats Summer with a caane repeatedly. And was arrestedd for it and was out on bail. Summer died a few days later. -
John Brown Raid
John Brown led 21 men(16 white and 5 black) across the Potomac River from Maryland to Virginia. They were capturing cache weapons stored at the U.S. His main goal was to destroy the slave system in the south. -
Election of 1860
Northern democrats felt that Stephen Douglas had the best chance to defeat the "black republicans". Southern Democrats consider Douglas a traitor because of his support of popular sovereignty. Southern democrats left without choosing someone. six weeks later northern Democrats chose Douglas and Southern Democrats chose vice president John C. Breckenridge.
