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Missouri Compromise of 1820
I would say that this is the first real event that would cause unrest among the south and north, as it split the nation in half, literally, for the line of free and slave states. This would prevent the inevitable, a band-aid of sorts. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
A slave revolt occurred, further cancelling the idea that slaves were docile, that they were fine with being slaves, adding more sentiment to the belief that they did feel just as normal humans, they weren't just a animal you can deny regular humans needs and emotions. -
The Wilmot Proviso
Introduced by David Wilmot, his plan was to ban slavery in every single state acquired from the Civil War. This nullified the already rules in place, that every two states, one is free, one is slave. This caused much controversy. -
Compromise Of 1850
Henry Clay and Stephen Douglas brokered a deal. California to be a free state, but only if the fugitive slave law is strengthened. Again, a band-aid of sort. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Northerners felt exposed to the horrors of slavery, and Southerners protested that she over-exaggerated, and slanderous, it raised abolitionist sentiment, and already more unrest in the US. a boiling point was forming. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
It allowed the states of Nebraska, and Kansas, popular sovereignty; to allow the people to vote whether or not, they want the state to be slave or a free state. This caused many problems in Kansas especially as there wasn't any requirements to vote, so many people flocked to vote, and this caused 'Bleeding Kansas'. -
Bleeding Kansas
Pro-slavery and anti-slavery civilians clashed over whether or not, Kansas should enter the US as a free or slave state. It featured actual conflict about Slavery. First person died this day, as he was shot by a Pro-slavery civilian. -
Sumner v. Brooks
A day after the Sack of Lawrence by pro-slavery forces, Preston Brooks, a abolitionist, a day after, condemned this and pro-slavery, Charles Sumner was enraged by this. He attacked him in the senate with his cane. It was very heated in the government, as well, over this. -
Tariff of 1857
This was a major tax reduction in tariffs, that highly upset northern states, and was highly praised in the south. This culminated even further unrest. -
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Dred Scott sued his enslavers as they took him from Missouri into the Missouri Territory, which was a "free" area of it. It caused much controversy and was taken to Supreme Court, where they ruled, that he wasn't a citizen of the United States, he was property instead, and this caused lots and lots of drama. -
Rejection Of The LeCompton Constitution
Despite heavy support from pro-slavery forces and support from James Buchanan, it was still sent to Kansas for a vote, and the people rejected it, and Kansas was now a free state. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates.
Democratic Senator Stephen Douglas and a relatively unknown one term congressman, Abraham Lincoln, had a series of debates about slavery, and despite Douglas winning, it put Lincoln in the spotlight and would make him the president in the following years. -
John Brown's Raid
'John Brown's Raid' was a raid by John Brown on Harpers Ferry, Virginia. The intention by Brown was to steal a arsenal of guns and give them to the local populace of slaves. Brown was caught, tried, and executed. Some historians call this a rehearsal of the coming Civil War. -
Election of Abraham Lincoln
This would be the event that would cause the civil war. Outrage from this, was the last straw to the south. -
Secession of South Carolina
after this, 6 other states would follow suit.