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Nat Turner
A slave who lead a very large rebellion in the south for two days before later being executed. -
Abolition rejected in south
Abolitionists were kicked out of the south and anti-slavery propaganda mail was forbidden. -
Mexican American War
This war was won by the U.S. in which they gained a lot of new land from Mexico. This formed new states that had to be determined as slave states or free states. -
Frederick Douglass
Douglass is a former slave that escaped to the north. He started his own news paper The North Star as a reference to slaves escaping the south. -
Compromise of 1850
As California enters the United States as a Free state the north agrees to more strict Fugitive Slave laws. -
Harriet Beecher Stowe
An active abolitionist and author who wrote Uncle Toms Cabin. A boy about the horrors of slavery which sold over 300,000 copies in its first year of publication. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Served to repeal the Missouri Act of 1820 which meant that Kansas and Nebraska could decide for themselves whether they wanted allow slavery or not. -
Dred Scott Case
A decision of 7 to 2 made by the Supreme Court to not allow any black person to become a citizen of the U.S. and that congress has no authority to outlaw slavery anywhere in the U.S. -
South Carolina Secedes
South Carolina becomes first state to secede from the Union. This along with the election of Abraham Lincoln caused 7 southern states to secede within 3 months. -
Abraham Lincoln
President during the civil war. He made the emancipation proclamation, and passed the 13th amendment, outlawing slavery.
