Tensions between The North and the South

Compromise of 1850

Jan 29, 1850

Uncle Tom's Cabin, Published

Mar 20, 1852

Harriet Beecher Stowe published Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

Notable Speech about Slavery

Jul 4, 1852

Frederick Douglass delivered notable speech, “The Meaning of July 4th for the Negro.”

Bleeding Kansas

Nov 1, 1855

The bloody Conflict in Kansas, started in November, could have lasted till the civil war began.

Charles Sumner Attacked

May 22, 1856

Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts was attacked and beaten with a cane in the US Senate chamber by Representative Preston Brooks of South Carolina.

Dred Scott

Mar 6, 1857

The Dred Scott Decision was announced by the U.S. Supreme Court.

John Brown Raid

Oct 16, 1859

Abolitionist John Brown launched a raid against the U.S. arsenal at Harper's Ferry.

South Carolina Succeeds

Dec 20, 1860

The south declares that it is succeeding from the union, this is the climax of the tensions between the north and south, and encourages other states in the south to succeed

Civil War

Apr 12, 1861

Civil war is fully declared and the south is trying to Succeed