-
Wilmot Proviso
Congress tried to step the the spread of slavery. It failed but south is concerned. -
Compromise of 1850
It managed to keep both sides (South and North) satisfied and prevented permanent split before the Civil War. -
Harper's Ferry
John Brown raid a federal arsenal along with some of his people because he wanted to end slavery. He stir up a slave revolt but failed and got executed. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that wanted to end slavery. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Law passed to resolve the problem of slavery in the Western Territories...They could decide for themselves. -
Bleeding Kansas
Small scale civil war happend in Kansas. So Bleeding Kansas became the rallying cry, for the anti- slavery Northerns & the Republican Party. -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott was a slave that sued for his freedom. But unfortunally the Supreme Court rule that African American were not citizens and could not sue. Slaves were property, and by this case the tension between the North and the South increased. -
Lincoln-Douglass Debate
Lincoln and Douglass were running for Senator of Illinois, their debate wore called Debated slavery. Lincoln said slavery was wrong but legal, Douglass won the election while Lincoln became popular thru US. -
Election of 1860
Voters voted mostly based on which section of the contry they lived in. Lincoln promised to stop the spread of slavery, but the south said that if he was elected they would secede. South's reasons was: Goverment over states rights, breakdown of compromises, Increasing sectionalism, election of 1860.The south also called its goverment "Confederate States of America." After all of this confusion, Jefferson Davis won the election and the constitutuion said slavery was legal, and protected states. -
Fort Sumter
It was the first battle of the war. South attacked Fort Sumter (North), North surrendered. First shots of the Civil War.
