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Wilmot Proviso
Proposal to prohibit slavery in the territory acquired by the United States at the conclusion of the Mexican War. -
Compromise of 1850
A compromise between the North and South about slavery -
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" is first published
anti slavery novel -
Kansas Nebraska Act
To decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders -
John Brown's Massacre at Pottawatomie Creek
John Brown tried to do something about slavery -
Dred Scott Decision
A decision made because a black man wanted his freedom and made slavery expand. -
Lincoln - Douglas Debate "A House Divided Against itself cannot stand."
They debated and it helped Lincoln become president -
John Brown's Raid at Harpers Ferry, Virginia
Effort by abolitionist John Brown to initiate an armed slave revolt in 1859 by taking over a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. -
Abraham Lincoln is elected as a Republican President
The Republican Party platform promised not to interfere with slavery in the states, but opposed the further extension of slavery into the territories. -
South Carolina Secedes from the Union
South Carolina became the first slave state in the south to declare that it had seceded from the United States. -
Confederate States of America are formed
Unrecognized country in North America. -
Confederate Troops Fire at Fort Sumter, South Carolina
South Carolina and other southern states withdrew from the Union.
