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Events Leadin To the CIvil War

By TimTom

  • Lincoln - Douglas Debate "A House Divided Against itself cannot stand."

    Lincoln - Douglas Debate "A House Divided Against itself cannot stand."
    A speech Abe Lincoln gave before he became president, was his opinion on slavery, and how he felt about the south trying to form their own country.

  • Wilmot Proviso

    Wilmot Proviso
    Was an American law that was proposed to end slavery, but it didn’t go well, and pretty much got rejected.

  • John Brown's Raid at Harpers Ferry, Virginia

    John Brown's Raid at Harpers Ferry, Virginia
    He tried to start a slave revolt, stole some of the military's guns, then he died in battle. A lot of people thought he was a hero even though he killed some random people just because they had different opinions.

  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850
    Henry Clay tried to get rid of slavery with compromization.

  • "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is first published

    "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is first published
    A book about anti slavery that’s pretty popular among some fellas, mostly pictures.

  • John Brown's Massacre at Pottawatomie Creek May 1856

    John Brown's Massacre at Pottawatomie Creek May 1856
    John Brown led the raid the ended up killing 5 pro slavery supporters.

  • Dred Scott Decision

    Dred Scott Decision
    A slave named Dred Scott had went to free land with his master, lived on his own for about a year, then went back to the south. After his master died he wanted freedom but was told he couldn’t because he was black.

  • Abraham Lincoln is elected as a Republican President

    Abraham Lincoln is elected as a Republican President
    First president of the Republican party, 16th president of the United States. Beat an old rival of his to become president.

  • Confederate States of America are formed

    Confederate States of America are formed
    What some of the southern states were doing and tired to form their own country. Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Virginia.

  • South Carolina Secedes from the Union

    South Carolina Secedes from the Union
    It started with SC trying to leave the US, then some more states followed and the civil war kinda started.

  • Confederate Troops Fire at Fort Sumter, South Carolina

    Confederate Troops Fire at Fort Sumter, South Carolina
    The first battle of the civil war kinda. Was in Fort Sumter in SC, South wanted North to turn it over but they didn’t.

  • Kansas - Nebraska Act

    Kansas - Nebraska Act
    Allowed people to vote on if they wanted the states to be a free state of a slave state on Kansas or Nebraska. A lot of people from anti & pro slavery snuck in to vote, there were about 5,000 extra votes.