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Wilmot Proviso
Eliminate slavery with new land -
Compromise of 1850
Five bills passed by the U.S. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin is published
Boook written about the slave life on the plantations. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
People could now move into the territories. -
John Brown's Pottawatomie Creek Masacre
Attacks in Kansas by John Brown -
Dred Scott
Court ruling against a slave named Dred Scott -
Douglas Debate
Speech about the importance of the north and south staying together -
John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry
Took over an arsenal at Harper's Ferry. -
Abraham Lincoln is president
Abraham Lincoln is voted the first Republican president. -
The south seceeds from the Union
The so no longer stays with the Union -
CSA is formed
The south breaks away from the Union -
Confederates fire on Fort Sumter
The south fires on Union fort in South Carolina.