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Wilimot Proviso
He thought that the south would gain to much power so he proposed that congress ban slavery. -
Compromise of 1850
To please the North California was declared a free state, and to please the south they got a stronger fugitive slave act. -
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" is first published
This is a book about a nice enslaved man who is abused by Simon Legree. -
Kansas - Nebraska Act
Douglas wanted to see a railroad built from Illinois through Nebraska to the Pacific Coast. -
John Brown's Massacre at Pottawatomie Creek
His 5 sons and him went to a proslavery place and killed 5 pro slavery men. -
Dred Scott Decision
Scott sued for his freedom, and he said he was free because he lived in a place where slavery was illegal. One person said that he couldn’t sue because he was African American. -
Lincoln - Douglas Debate "A House Divided Against itself can not stand."
Lincoln got back into politics after the Kansas Nebraska Act, he had a rivalry with the Illinois senator. Douglas won. -
John Brown's Raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia
His goal was to seize guns from where they were raiding, and he thought the slaves would join him. Brown was captured and killed. -
Abraham Lincoln is elected as a Republican President
He was the first republican president to ever win. -
South Carolina Secedes from the Union
It was the first state to secede from the union, after this they felt like they didn’t have a voice anymore. -
Confederate States of America are formed
They used the US Constitution as a model for theirs, the president would serve for 6 years, and prohibited slave trade -
Confederate Troops Fire at Fort Sumter, South Carolina
The troops that were there got cut off from food to surrender. On April 12 they opened fire to the fort, and after 34 hours the fort was on fire.
