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Leading up to the Civil War
This timeline shows and explains the events that led up to the civil war. There were many events affects the push towards the war, some significant and only a few that pull the nation together. This timeline will show why the civil war happened/ -
Missouri Compromise
Henry Clay's Missouri Compromise decided that Missouri would be a slave state, Maine would be a free state and from then on all states above the 30° 30' are to be free states. Neither the south nor the South were satisfied with this temporary fix. This compromise made the separation between the north and south even more obvious. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a plan developed by Henry Clay and implemented with the help of Daniel Webster of Massachusetts. Clay's idea was for the Compromise to satisfy both the North and South. It started with the North admitting California as a free state and outlawing slave trade in Washington, DC. For the South, New Mexico and Utah were admitted as states open to slavery and a strong fugitive slave law was admitted. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was the final version of Stephen Douglas' amendment. The act admitted Nebraska and Kansas as territories open to slavery. This act also caused the down fall of the Missouri compromise since the settlers could now vote on their permission of slavery. After this was announced the northerners sat on the edged of their seats watching slavery spread across the nation. -
The Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott was a Missouri slave who traveled to Wisconsin with his owner. Slavery was banned in Wisconsin at the time. After Scott's owner passed away he returned to Missouri claiming he was now a free man thanks to his stay in Wisconsin. Scott went to court. Chief Justice Roger Taney delivered the Dred Scott Decision: since Scott was an African American could never become a citizen, he could not go to court and Scott was not a free man because the Missouri Compromise was named unconstitutional. -
Election of 1860
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Attack on Fort Sumter
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Attack on Fort Sumter
