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Wilmot Proviso
The unsuccessful proposal in the United States Congress to ban slavery in the territory aquiared from Mexico in the Mexican-American War. -
The Election of 1848
FREE-SOIL Party.
Wanted to keep new territories and states free of slavery. -
The Fugitive Slave Act
Fugitive Slave Act Law was passed by the U.S. Congress. -
The Compromise of 1850
A Package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress. It allowed the U.S. to expand its territory by accepting CA as a state. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
An act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. Allowed the people of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery in their borders. -
Bleeding Kansas
During the March 1855 territorial elections in Kansas, thousands of so-called Border Ruffians crossed the border to vote from the slave state of Missouri. Antislavery settlers started their own government creating two governments for one state. -
Republican Party and the Election of 1856
Both Democratic and Whig parties were splitting into sectional lines. The Anityslavery Whigs decided to join the Northern Democrats and Free-Soil Party to create -
The Election of 1856
The Democrats won the election and James Buchanan became president of the U.S -
Dred Scott
A Supreme Court case about an enslaved man named Dred Scott who was an abolitionist. The Supreme Court said Dred Scott could not sue because he was a piece of property and not a citizen. -
Marais des Cygnes Massacre
A pro-slavery gang guns down11 unarmed antislavery settlers. -
The Raid on Harpers Ferry
John Brown led another raid, this time in Harpers Ferry, Virginia on October 16, 1859, his abolitionist raided an arsenal so they could arm slaves for an uprising. The raid had a huge impact on the South. -
John Brown's raid
John Brown was planning a raid on the U.S. arsenal to get guns for a slave revolt. Failed to start revolt and executed on December 2, 1859 -
March 1861
Abraham Lincoln becomes the 16th president. It is significant because he issued the Emancipation Proclamation. -
April 1861
The Civil War begins when Confederate troops opened fire on Fort Sumter. The war between free and slave states over the power of the national government to prohibit slavery -
Lincoln's First Inaugural Address
Lincoln was inaugurated on March 4, 1861. -
The Confederate States of America
Following in South Carolina's footsteps, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia also seceded. On February 4, 1861, these states met to establish their own government as the Confederate States of America. They elected Jefferson as president. -
April 1865
Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox. It is significant because it ened the Civil War. -
April 1865
Lincoln is assassinated.
John wilks booth wanted to revive the Confederate cause by eliminating the three most important officials of the USA govt. -
June 1866
Congress passes the 14th amendment granting citizenship to former slaves. It is significant because it allowed slaves to participate in the govt. -
Compromise of 1877
The Compromise of 1877 puts Rutherford B. Hayes in the White house and removes federal troops from the South.
