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Events Leading Up To the Civil War

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  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise
    It prohibited slavery and doubled the size of the United States.

  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850
    It was a four year confrontation between the Slave States of the South and the free states of the North during the Mexican American War.

  • Kansas Nebraska Act

    Kansas Nebraska Act
    This act repealed the Missouri Compromise.

  • Brooks Sumner's Incident

    Brooks Sumner's Incident
    Preson Brookes beat Sumner almost to death for talking about his coudin.

  • Harpers Ferry Raid

    Harpers Ferry Raid
    John Brown led 20 men into the small town of Harper's Ferry, Virginia to instigate a major slave operation.

  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter
    This is where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.