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Wilmot Proviso
Designed to eliminate slavery within the land acquired as a result of the Mexican-American War. -
Compromise of 1850
5 separate bills passed by the U.S. Congress which defused a four-year political confrontation between free and slave states. -
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" is First Published
A novel about Anti-Slavery. -
Kansas- Nebraska Act
Let the two territories to decide for themselves as a free or slave state within their borders. -
John Borwn's Massacre at Pottawatomie Creek
Massacre of Proslavery settlers. -
Dred Scott Decision
When Dred Scott was in court to because he was moved to the North while he was a slave then was in court saying that he was not free but he was a slave. -
Lincoln - Douglas Debate "A House Divided Against itself can not stand."
Speech by Abraham Lincoln to win a seat in the U.S. senate, in the speech accused Douglas of having a "care not" policy on slavery. -
John Brown's Raid at Harpers Ferry, Virginia
John Brown to start an armed slave revolt. -
Abraham Lincoln was elected as a Republican President
Lincoln was elected as the 16th president of the U.S. -
South Carolina Secedes from the Union
South Carolina became the first slave state in the south to declare that it had seceded from the Union. -
Confederate Troops Fire at Fort Sumner, South Carolina
Beginning of American Civil War. -
Confederate States of America are formed
Southern states are established.
