Washburn Timeline

By Thepeopleschoice
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    Conflict that lead to war

  • The Wilmot proviso is proposed in congress

  • The treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo is signed

  • H.D Thoreau write Civil Disobedience

  • The Compromise of 1850 is made

  • Underground Railroad begins helping escaped slaves flee

  • California becomes a state

  • The Fugitive slave Act is passed

  • Uncle Toms Cabin is published

  • The Republican party is founded

  • The kansas-Nebraska Act is passed

  • "Border ruffians" vote illegally in Kansas

  • "Border Ruffians" attack Lawrence Kansas

  • Preston Brooks attacks Charles Sumner

  • James Buchanan is elected president

  • The Dred Scott decision is announced

  • Congress rejects the Lecompton Constitution

  • Lincoln and Douglas debate for the Illinois senate seat

  • John Brown attacks the arsenal at Harper's ferry

  • Abraham Lincoln is elected president

  • South Carolina seceds from the Union

  • The Confederaccy is established

  • Fort sumter is attack by Confederate forces