Social Studies Timeline

  • Wilmot Proviso

    Wilmot Proviso
    A document that banned slavery in territory that will be apart of the U.S
  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850
    Five bills into a law that gave both sides of slavery what they wanted
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Uncle Tom's Cabin
    A book that explains how poeple in th south treat their slaves
  • Kansas - Nebraska Act

    Kansas - Nebraska Act
    Allowed poeple to have slaves or not
  • Dred Scott Decision

    Dred Scott Decision
    A choice on whether or not to end slavery
  • Licoln - Douglas Debate

    Licoln - Douglas Debate
    Licoln trys to tell others that we can not function properly if we are fighting
  • John Brown's Masacre at Pottawtomic Creek

    John Brown's Masacre at Pottawtomic Creek
    This was to get back at poeple who were victims or were aprt of somehting with Lawrence
  • John Brown's Raid at Harpers Ferry Virginia

    John Brown's Raid at Harpers Ferry Virginia
    John tried to revolt the U.S arsenal in Virginia
  • Abraham Licoln is elected as Republican President

    Abraham Licoln is elected as Republican President
    Licoln is the 16th president
  • South Carolina Secedes from the Union

    South Carolina Secedes from the Union
    South Carolina left the union because they want slaves
  • Confederate States of America are formed

    Confederate States of America are formed
    The confederate states in the south supported slavery
  • Confederate Troops Fire at Fort Sumter, SOuth Carolina

    Confederate Troops Fire at Fort Sumter, SOuth Carolina
    This could have been the first act of the Revolutionary War