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Wilimot Proviso
A law passed by the U.S congress that banned slavery in Mexican territory resulting in a war. -
Compromise of 1850
Banned the slave trade in washington D.C, and COngress would have no power to regulate Slave trade in Southern States. -
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" is first published
Life Among the Lowly began to appear in serial form in the Washington National Era, an abolitionist weekly. Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery story was published in forty installments over the next ten months -
Kansas - Nebraska Act
It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. -
John Brown's Masacre at Pottawatomie Creek
John Brown and several other anti-slavery people went to go to stop slavery down in the south. -
Dred Scott Decision
That the slave Dred Scott who had resided in a free state and territory was not thereby entitled to his freedom. -
Lincoln - Douglas Debate "A House Divided Against itself can not stand."
The Lincoln–Douglas debates were a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln -
John Brown's Raid at Harpers Ferry, Virginia
John Brown led a small army of 18 men into the small town of Harper's Ferry, Virginia. His plan was to instigate a major slave rebellion in the South. -
Abraham Lincoln is elected as a Republican President
The Republican Party ticket of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin emerged triumphant. -
South Carolina Secedes from the Union
One of the founding members of the Confederacy seceded from the United States on 20 December 1860. -
Confederate States of America are formed
South Carolina was the first to secede, on December 20, 1860, followed by Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas. -
Confederate Troops Fire at Fort Sumter, South Carolina
Confederate guns around the harbor opened fire on Fort Sumter. Surrendered the fort and it was evacuated the next day.
