Events Leading to the Civil War

By Katie_Clark22

  • Wilmot Proviso

    Congressmen Wilmot proposed that states coming in from the Mexican Territory would be free states

  • Compromise of 1850

    California came into the Union as a free state, fugitive law was now set in place

  • "Uncle Tom's Cabin" published

    An anti-slavery book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    An act that declared they could decide if they want to be a free or slave state when applying for statehood.

  • John Brown's Massacre at Pottawatomie Creek

    John Brown went into Pottawatomie Creek and shot 5 people at random because they killed 5 of their men.

  • Dred Scott Decision

    Supreme Court decided the Missouri Compromise was not allowed, and the African Americans had no rights in the United States

  • Lincoln-Douglas Debate

    Lincoln and Douglas had a debate were Lincoln stated that the country will not go on if it stays divided.

  • John Brown's Raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia

    John Brown and his men attempted to take away arms from southern state Virginia

  • Abraham Lincoln is Elected Persident

  • South Carolina Secedes from the United States

    South Carolina declares their separation from the Union.

  • Confederate States of America are formed

    11 southern states seceded from the Union and joined together

  • Confederate Troops Fire at Fort Sumter, South Carolina

    Union troops refused to give up the fort so after a while the Confederate states fired upon them.