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The Missouri Compromise did not apply to the huge territory gained from Mexico in 1848
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In September 1850, Congress finally passed five bills based on Clay’s proposals.
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In 1859, Brown and a small band of supporters attacked the town of Harpers Ferry in Virginia.
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In 1852, Stowe published Uncle Tom’s Cabin, a novel about kindly Uncle Tom, an enslaved man who is abused by the cruel Simon Legree.
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders.
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In March 1857-only three days after Buchanan took office-the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a shattering blow to antislavery forces.
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In 1858, Illinois Republicans chose Lincoln to run for the Senate against Douglas.
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In 1859, Brown and a small band of supporters attacked the town of Harpers Ferry in Virginia.
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It was held on Tuesday, November 6, 1860. In a four-way contest, the Republican Party ticket of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin emerged triumphantly.
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Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina, (December 24, 1860).
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With the hope of accommodation all but gone, six more states followed South Carolina out of the Union. However, not all southerners favored secession. 1861 in February
