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Luke's Timeline
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Missouri Compromise
The Mossouri Compromise of 1820 made Missouri into the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state. It pleased few people and Northerners called people who supported the compromise as traitors. John Quincy Adams thought that the compromise had not settled the future of slavery in the U.S. This made a large impact on the Civil War and Southerners feared for the worst. -
The Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was agreements that led to California entering the Union as a free state. This helped cause the Civil War because, tmpers flaared all around the nation. Sountherners wanted to leave the nion peacefully. Americans knew that a war may break. This was something that few Americans wanted to face. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act created Kansas and Nebraska as new territories. It also abolished the Missouri Compromise by making settlers vote whether slavery is allowed in new territories. It helped cause the Civil War because, Northerners were shocked by this act and were haunted by visions of slavery moving across the nation. -
Dred Scott Decision
The Dred Scott decision was a decision that stated that African Americans couldn't become citizens in the U.S. It helped cause the Civil War because, Northerners were stunned and enraged by the Court's decision and called it a "wicked and false judgment." -
Election of 1860
The Election of 1860 showed how divided the nations had become. The Republicans were untied with Lincoln, while, the Democrats had split between North and South factions. Northern Democrats supported Stephen Douglas for president. Southern Democrats supported John C. Breckinridge for president. John Bell was also nominated by a party called the Constitutional Union Party and made the election even more confusing. -
Attack on Ft. Sumter
The Attack on Ft. Sumter was the last event leding to the Civil War. The Confederates opened fire on the fort. 33 hours passed of heavy shelling and injuries, the defenders put down the Stars and Stripes and replaced it with a giant white flag that meant surrender. This attack left the North in a patriotic fury and decided that a Civil War would take place.
