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Attempted to admit Kansas as a pro-slavery state by President James Buchanan's decision with a constitution.
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The supreme court denied Dred Scott's case for freedom. It was welcomed by the South, and disliked in the North/
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A banking crisis that caused a credit problem in the North, and was less severe in the South, because cotton prices gave the South a fast recovery.
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The states Minnesota and Oregon are admitted to the United States.
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A set of debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas for the seat of senate for Illinois.
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A New England abolitionist's attempt to free Virginia's slaves with a raid on a government arsenal at Harper's Ferry.
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Abraham Lincoln is elected for president, and South Carolina secceeds from the United States.
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Kansas is admitted to the United States.
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While Lincoln takes office, six other deep South states secede from the Union, and become the Confederate States of America.
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North had been on their way to Richmond, Virginia when they came head on with the Southern army.
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Raised tariffs to more than double than it was before the Civil War.
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Made all US banks use a national currency.
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A law that gave proceeds from sale of public lands to the states for the establishment of agricultural and mechanical colleges
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A law passed by congress that provided homesteads with 160 acres in exchange for improving the land within five years.
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Abraham Lincoln made a law that freed slaves in Southern states that were still in rebellion.
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Abraham Lincoln is killed by John Wilkes Booth while watching a play.
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Robert E. Lee surrenders at Appomattox.
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Prohibited state banks from giving out their own notes, and made them apply for a federal charter.
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Abraham Lincoln is elected as president again.
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An amendment to the Constitution that freed all slaves in the United States.
