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Wilmot Proviso
Representative David Wilmot proposed that congress ban slavery in all territory that might become part of the united states as a result of the Mexican American war. -
Compromise of 1850
A line that determined what states were free states and what states were slave states. -
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" is first published
A novel about kindly uncle tom, an enslaved man who is abused by the cruel Simon Legree -
John Brown's Raid at Harpers Ferry, Virginia
After the massacre, he had returned to New England. He plotted a plan to raise an army and free people in the south that were enslaved. John Brown led a raid to harpers ferry. His goal was to seize guns the United States army had stored there. Ten of Brown’s followers were killed. Brown was killed and captured. -
Kansas - Nebraska Act
Allowed the settlers in the territories to decide whether their territory would allow slavery -
John Brown's Massacre at Pottawatomie Creek
An antislavery settler from Connecticut. Led seven men to a pro-slavery settlement near Pottawatomie creek there he murdered five proslavery men and boys. -
Dred Scott Decision
All American territories were open to slavery -
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Lincoln - Douglas Debate "A House Divided Against itself can not stand."
A debate that lasted many months regarding slavery and expansion of slavery they were running for Illinois senate -
Abraham Lincoln is elected as a Republican President
On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected at the first republican president elected -
South Carolina Secedes from the Union
The Southerners were mad at Abraham Lincoln because they thought that they had no voice in the government so they seceded from the union. -
Confederate States of America are formed
The leaders from the seven seceding states met in Montgomery, Alabama to form a new nation. They called it the confederate states of America -
Confederate Troops Fire at Fort Sumter, South Carolina
The fort’s commander would not surrender the fort. South Carolina authorities decided to starve the fort's troops to surrender. Abraham didn’t want to give up the fort. The confederate soldiers decided to capture the fort.
