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First slaves come to America
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Cotton Gin
The cotton gin was invented and more cotton was being produced. -
11 Free States and 11 Slave States
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Missouri Joined Union and was a Slave State
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Missouri Compromise
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Fredrick Douglas Speech
Fredrick Douglas gives a speech about his thoughts on slavery. -
Annexation of Texas
Texas was anexed by congress. -
Mexican-American War
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Free-Soil Party was made
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New Fugitive Slave Act
The new F.S.A was put into order. -
Compromise of 1850
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Kansas- Nebraska Act
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Dread Scott case
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John Brown's Death
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John Brown's Raid
John Brown raided a federal arsenal in harpers ferry. -
John Brown's Death
John Brown was hanged until dead in Virginia. -
Southern Secession
Southerners thought that Lincoln was a threat to their society and south carolina decided to secede. -
Election of Abraham Lincoln
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1/3rd of the south were slaves
one third of the southern population was slaves -
Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln was elected and his thought on slavery were controversial. -
Confederacy Forms
The southern states that seceded named themselves the confederates. -
Fort Summer Was Attacked
The confederates attacked fort summer looking for supplies -
Attack on Fort Samington
start of the civil warr -
Underground Railroad
Hariett Tubman led people through the south into the north using the underground railroad. -
Abraham Lincoln assasination
John Wilkes Booth shot and killed President Abraham Lincoln in Ford's Theater