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Leading up to the Civil War
The Civil War was a war between the free North and the slave South and the winner would be the north because they were more industrialized than the south. -
The Missouri Compromise
This a Compromise was that Missouri was admitted as a slave state and that Maine was admitted as a free state keeping the balance of power the same and a line was drawn up at 36,30 parallel line slavery was allowed bellow the line,but bellow it slavery was illegal. -
Nat Turner Rebellion
A slave named Nat Turner led a bloody and deadly rebellion in southern Virginia and it only lasted 2 days but many white people were killed around 60 white people were killed. Even though it was a short rebellion it was the deadliest rebellion at that time. The effects for the slaves were that they were stripped off any little rights they had. -
The Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a compromise that made the fugitive slave-act stronger but stopped the spread of slavery into the new territories. -
Bleeding Kansas
bleeding Kansas was a series of violent outbreaks that turned deadly by pro and anti slavery people, 55 people were killed in the end of these out breaks which ended in 1861. -
Dred Scott VS Sanford
The case reached the highest court you can reach the supreme court and the decision a slave brought his former master to the court and in the end the slave lost and the ruling was the slaves are nothing more than property. -
Abraham Election
The presidential of 1860 was when Abraham Lincoln won and many southern states didn't like him and were afraid and a month later South Carolina succeed from the union and then many other southern states followed after. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the first battle of the Civil War and the first shots to be fired were from the south it lasted 36 hours straight.
