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Compromise Of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five bills, passed in September 1850. -
Publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Is an antislavery novel by an author named Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement, -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas, was a series of violent political confrontations involving anti-slavery Free-Staters and pro-slavery "Border Ruffian" elements, that took place in the Kansas Territory and the neighboring towns of Missouri between 1854 and 1861 -
Brooks/Sumner Affrair (Violence in Congress)
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Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott v. Sandford, also known as the Dred Scott Decision, was a landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that people of African descent brought into the United States -
John Brown's Raid
John Brown's raid was an attempt by white abolitionist John Brown to start an armed slave revolt by seizing a United States Arsenal at Harpers Ferry in Virginia in 1859. -
Election of 1860
The United States presidential election of 1860 was a election held on November 6, 1860, for the office of President of the United States and the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the American Civil War.
