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Missouri Compromise
Missouri wanting to be a slave state sparked a controversy across the nation. As a result congress came up with a bunch of agreements which became known as the Missouri Compromise. With these agreements Missouri was able to be a slave state with Maine as a free state and a line was laid to divide the north as free and south as slave. -
Nat Turner Rebellion
Nat Turner was a slave who started an uprising that spread like wildfire through the state of Virginia. About 60 white persons were killed before military forces were able to stop his rebellion. -
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Conflicts leading up to the Civil War
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Wilmot Proviso
This was a proposed piece of legislation towards the end of the Mex.-Am. War. If this piece was to pass the Proviso would have outlawed slavery in the territory gained by winning the war(most of SW to California). -
Compromise of 1850
CA was admitted as a free state and the Fugitive Slave Act was enforced. Enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act only enforced the division of North and South. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
After the Bible Uncle Tom's Cabin was the second best selling book in America during the 19th century. This fictional representation of what the slave life is really like opened many Northerners eyes. This book created a bigger division between the North and the South. -
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
People for and against slavery moved to these territories in hopes of a side being chosen through their numbers. This resulted in 56 lives being taken and both territories becoming free constitutions. All this violence was heard across the nation causing controversy. -
Dred Scott Vs. Sanford
Virginian slave Dred Scott tried to sue for his freedom after living in free land with his master for some time. His cause reached the Supreme Court which ended up saying that if you are a slave, you are a slave wherever you go. Thinking about this more you start to get the idea that slavery is legal everywhere once you are a slave. -
John Brown's Raid
John Brown recruited a group of white allies and free blacks and raided a gov't arsenal in Harpers Ferry, VA. After doing so he hoped to give those weapons to Southern slaves in order to start an uprising they could but he was quickly stopped by Robert E. Lee's soldiers. -
Abraham Lincoln's Election
Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860 even though he was not named in many Southern ballots. He was a republican but because of his anti-slavery views he struck fear into many Southerners. -
Battle of Fort Sumter, SC
Confederate ships turned back the supply convoy to Fort Sumter which opened a 34 hour bombardment. This is the biggest point sparking the Civil War and on April 15th, President Lincoln began to call for volunteers to join the Northern Army.
