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Wilmot Proviso
David Wilmot wanted to make a treaty that would forbid the extension of slavery to any territory acquired from Mexico. The south was mad.The wilmot proviso tried to go with the treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo but failed. -
Compromise of 1850
Drafted by Henry Clay was an attempt to smooth out the confrontation between the slave states and free states admitted California as a free state. Slave trade was prohibited in Washington DC but it was still a slave state. Fugitive slave state is strict -
Fugitive slave act
Part of the compromise of 1850 between slave and free states. Used to track down the runaway slaves. The slaves had no rights. The judges were paid more if they said they were slaves -
Uncle Toms cabin
Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe telling a story about the cruel things that slaves have to go through. The south thinks its lies but the north believes its true and increasing tension -
Kansas Nebraska act
Proposed by Stephan A Douglass. Allowed Kansas and Nebraska to be entered into the US as a free or slave state. Repealed the Missouri Compromise. Republican Party is formed. States decide if they want to slave or free. -
Bleeding Kansas
The Bleeding Kansas turned into a violent confrontation on whether or not Kansas would be a free or slave state. It was the unofficial start of the civil war. Pro slavery people and anti slavery people come together and fight. -
Dred Scott Case
Dred Scott was an African American that was living in a free state and wanted to file a suit but the judge, Rodger Tanny, said he was still a slave and would never become a citizen. -
Lincoln-Douglass debates
Lincoln and Douglass were both running for president. They would have debates mainly about Slavery. Lincoln loses. Lincoln says that slavery should not be expanded. -
Harpers Ferry
John brown was caught by Robert E Lee. No slaves joined and fight. South was mad that john Brown was so outrageous -
Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln won the election and the southern states were angry and South Carolina wanted to secede. Then most southern states left. -
Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter (April 12–14, 1861) was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the Confederate States Army, and the return gunfire and subsequent surrender by the United States Army that started the American Civil War.(https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Sumter)
