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Wilmot Proviso
He proposed to congress that they ban slavery in all territory that might become part of the United States because of the Mexican-American war. -
Compromise of 1850
A compromise between the North and South, the north go to California, and the south got a stronger fugitive slave act. -
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" is first published
A novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe about an enslaved man who was abused. The book was a best seller in the North. -
Kansas - Nebraska Act
Douglas made the Act that the kansas-nebraska territory would be decided if it was a slave state by popular sovereignty. The north was outraged because the south crossed the border just to vote that it was a slave state. -
John Brown's Massacre at Pottawatomie Creek
Him and a group of 5 anti-slavery men, went to a pro slavery settlement killed 5 pro-slavery people. -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott tried to sue the government, but Roger B Taney said that Dred Scott couldn’t sue because African Americans weren’t citizens and that a slave living in free territory did not make him free. -
Lincoln - Douglas Debate "A House Divided Against itself cannot stand."
Lincoln and Douglas had 7 debates around Illinois. Lincoln never showed that he didn’t support slavery but he made many comments that made it sound like he didn’t. -
John Brown's Raid at Harpers Ferry, Virginia
Brown and many men attacked a town, with the intention of getting guns from the US army. He thought African Americans would support him, and he would give them guns and lead them to a revolt, but instead Brown and his men got captured and many died. -
Abraham Lincoln is elected as a Republican President
He ran for president in 1860 and became the first Republican president. -
South Carolina Secedes from the Union
Once Lincoln was president it scared many people in the south, and South Carolina was the first southern state to secede from the Union, but the convention passed a declaration that “the union now subsisting between south carolina and other states under the USA is hereby dissolved.” -
Confederate States of America are formed
Unrecognized country in North America that was led by 7 pro-slavery states. -
Confederate Troops Fire at Fort Sumter, South Carolina
Confederate troops fired at a fort, many men died and lincoln couldn’t send them supplies, but he did send them food.
