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Constitutional Convention
This helped lead to the civil war because it compromised to protect slavery with the constitution. -
The Missouri Compromise
Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine was admitted as a free state. A line was also drawn through the unincorporated western territories dividing north and south as free and slave. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat turner's rebellion had led over 60 enslaved Africans to kill almost 60 white people. -
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Dred Scott was a Virginia slave who tried to sue for his freedom in court. The case eventually rose to the level of the Supreme Court, where the justices found that, as a slave, Dred Scott was a piece of property that had none of the legal rights or recognitions afforded to a human being. -
Civil War
Fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. -
The Battle of Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter in South Carolina, suddenly became outposts in a foreign land. Abraham Lincoln made the decision to send fresh supplies. Confederate warships turned back the supply convoy to Fort Sumter and opened a 34-hour bombardment on the stronghold.They then surrendered on April 14.
