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Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise had during the rise of sectionalism in the year of 1820. The Missouri Compromise created a line to separate free and slave states from each other. -
Mexican War
The Mexican brought new land to both the North and South to influence. However, North saw this as a southern conspiracy to create more slave states. The Mexican War didn't end until year 1848 February 2nd. -
Wilmot Proviso
Wilmot Proviso is man who proposed a bill on land and was won and made Mexico free. The reactions from southerners was anger because a bill has been blocked from law. -
California Gold Rush
The Gold Rush in California led to nativism against the Asian immigrants. It also made California grow fast that it then became a free state. The Gold Rush ended during year 1855 -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a land from Mexican Cession which included California. Some terms that came with the compromise was north received, south received, and slave trade was banned. -
Fugitive Slave Law
This law was a controversial part of the Compromise of 1850 and northerners became forced to aid slave catchers. This led to the North and South becoming even more divided because of slavery. -
Uncle Tom’s Cabin is published
Uncle tom's Cabin was published during the year 1852. A lady named Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the book uncle tom's, which gave graphic images on slavery. -
Republican Party Forms
The Republican Party Forms were consisted of Anti-slavery, Whigs, Democrats, and Free-Soil. This groups join together to created the Republican Party and keep slavery from expanding west. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This Act was passed by the U.S. Congress and it gave citizens the voice on whether or not they wanted slavery. The Act also repealed the Missouri Compromise and that compromise prohibited slavery. -
“Bleeding Kansas”
The Bleeding Kansas was a war that took place in Kansas and is know as a period of violence. This event then led to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which then flipped the Missouri Compromise. -
Charles Sumner caned in the Senate
Charles Summer had gave a speech to the Senate and it was very bitter. During this event declared Andrew Butler as simple-minded and that it was an uneasy civilization. -
Dred Scott vs. Sandford
The Dred Scott vs. Sandford is always known as the Dred Scott case. This event was held with the Supreme Court and gave the thought if you were free or a slave you weren't an American citizen. -
John Brown’s Raid at Harper’s Ferry
John Brown was a staunch abolitionist and his supports left him a farmhouse for the route of Harper's Ferry. Brown captured citizens and seized them to the federal. -
Abraham Lincoln elected President
Abraham became the 16th president of the United States and he had beaten a man name Stephen A. Douglas. By Abraham Lincoln becoming the president he divided the Democratic party. -
Southern states began to secede
Southern states began to secede, South Carolina being the very first to leave the Union. After that eventually other states began to leave, which led them to form a new nation that is known as Confederate States of America. -
Battle at Fort Sumter
The Battle at Fort Sumter also known as the Civil War of American. This battle happened in South Carolina and at the harbor at Charleston,
