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The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was to ensure that for every pro-slavery state there would be an anti-slavery state. This made sure that one side would not become too powerful on its own. -
Nat Turner’s Rebellion
Nat Turner's Rebeillion was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia. Led by Nat Turner, rebel slaves killed roughly around 55 to 65 people, the highest number of fatalities caused by any slave uprising in the American South. -
The Compromise of 1850
Senator Henry Clay introduced several ideos on January 29, 1850, in an attempt to seek a compromise and palliate a crisis between North and South. As part of the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Unlce Tom's Cabin, a novel, first published secretely, by Harriet Beecher Stowe; it paints a gruesome picture of life under slavery. The title character is a slave, who is eventually beaten to death by Simon Legree. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas, also known as "Border War" was a series of violent political confrontations in the United States involving anti-slavery Free-Staters and pro-slavery "Border Ruffian" in Kansas between 1854 and 1861. -
John Brown’s Raid
John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry was an effort to initiate an armed slave revolt in 1859 by taking over a United States arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. -
Abraham Lincoln's Presidency
As the sixteenth president of the United States during a very controversial time, Abraham Lincoln faced many hard decisions and various Union/Confederate battles. Abraham Lincoln is remembered for his vital role as the leader in preserving the Union during the Civil War and creating the Emancipation Proclamation that led to the end of slavery in the United States. -
Mississippi Sucedes From The Union
The South begins to sucedes from the Union, starting with Mississippi. Many believe that the south only suceded because of slavery, but states rights and beliefs also play a part in this. All of the early states that suceded was Mississippi, Flordia, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. South Carolina was claimed as "The Confederate Constitution." Jefferson Davis was the confederate president. -
Attack on Fort Sumter
This is seen as the starting point of the Civil War. This is a battle that was the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina. Now folloing the secession of seven Southern states, South Carolina demanded that the US Army abandon its facilities in Charleston Harbor. -
Statehood of West Virginia
During the time of the Civil War, many states were in process of sucession. Westerners had high hopes of sucession from Virginia. Due to overtaxation and the owning of slaves. West Virginia now became a border state once suceding and becoming its own official state in June 20,1861.
