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Wilmot Proviso 1846
David Wilmot brought the idea that congress should ban slavery in all parts of the United States that we gained from the Mexican-American war. It passed the House of Representatives but not the Senate. Although it failed it still caused an uprising in the South, and the North thought they were going to be attacked by slavery riots. -
Compromise of 1850
Congresses passed five bills, to help Henry Clay’s proposals. It was made to make supporters and anti-slavery people happy. But to make this happen California was made a free state to ban the the slave trade in the capital. For the South they were trying to get enough people for slavery to earn the popular sovereignty to keep slavery. The South also made a law Fugitive Slave Act. -
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" is first published
March 20, 1852, Uncle Tom was written by a daughter of the so called Tom. She wrote this because she was affected by the the Runaway slaves that tried to escape from slavery. She wrote this to tell the nation how horrible slavery was and how it should be abolished. It was a best selling novel in the North and it made many people concerned of how bad slavery really is. -
Kansas - Nebraska Act
In 1854 it was encouraged by Stephen Douglas, he wanted a railroad built from Illinois through the Nebraska territory all the way to the Pacific Coast. In 1853 he suggested making the Kansas territory and the Nebraska territory Southerners objected the right away because both of these territories would become free states, but then was decided that it would be by the vote of popular sovereignty. -
John Brown's Massacre at Pottawatomie Creek
John Brown and 7 other anti-slavery men went to pro slavery settlement. There they killed up to five men, that were pro-slavery, and this started the revolution of “Bleeding Kansas”. -
Dred Scott Decision
In March 1857 the supreme court decided to take in the case of Dred scott vs. Sanford. Dred Scott was an enslaved person who was owned by the US Army doctor. Who moved him to the Missouri territory were then he sued and said he was a free slave, because he had lived in the states in which slavery was illegal. -
Lincoln - Douglas Debate "A House Divided Against itself cannot stand.”
1858, Illinois Republicans chose Lincoln to run for the Senate against Douglas. Lincoln speech was about how America would not be able to grow on a house divided. Then Lincoln challenged Douglas to a series of public debates and there many people came to watch and listen and reporters came to report to the paper. In the end Douglas won the Senate spot but two years later Lincoln won president. -
John Brown's Raid at Harpers Ferry, Virginia
Brown and a small band f supporters attacked the town of the Harpers Ferry in Virginia. There he got slave and non slave people on his side to create an enslave union. Once he had many people on his side he was going to seize America for its weapons and give them to the African-Americans in hope for them to trust him. Brown's army was surrounded with ten of his men killed and he was captured and wounded. -
Abraham Lincoln is elected as a Republican President
1860, the nation was divided and the Republican party had nominated Abraham Lincoln to be President. His debates with Douglas about slavery had made him well known in the North. Douglas was Lincoln's rival once again, Douglas had gotten rotten fruits thrown at him, and seeing that you saw how fragmented the nation was. Lincoln had won the election even though he only had 40% of the popular votes, he received enough electoral votes to pull out. -
South Carolina Secedes from the Union
December 20, 1860 the convention of the declaration was passed saying “the union now subsisting between South Carolina and the other states, under the name of the United States is hereby dissolved. South Carolina was the first to succeed because of the Republican winning president Abraham Lincoln. -
Confederate States of America are formed
In 1861, six more states followed South Carolina with succeeding from the US, but not all South people agreed with this decision. In early February the leaders that decided to succeed met up to form a new nation called the Confederate States of America. -
Confederate Troops Fire at Fort Sumter, South Carolina
On April 12, 1861, at Fort Sumter, the confederate fire shells fired from the mainland. Within a few hours the forts caught fire and crumbled to the ground. The next thing that was knocked to the ground was the flag pole, along with the men lie on the ground with handkerchiefs over their mouth gasping for air. This marked the beginning of the Civil War.
