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Comprimises leading to the Cicil War
Notherners were questioning wether Missouri should be a slave state. -
Missouri Comprimise
Northerners were questioning wether Missouri should be a free state. The compromise was to have Missouri be a slave state and Maine as a free state. This led to was because slave states increased so northeners were upset. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 admitted Californis as a free state while leaving the territories of New Mexico and Utah open to slavery. This also ended slave trade in D.C and the compromise also included the fugitive slave law. This led to war in Mexico and to the Civil war because the Fugitive Slave Law angered Northeners. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed new territories which were Kansas and Nebraska to decide if they were a free or slave state. Stephen Douglas introduced the two new states. It also undid the the compromise that was made in the Missouri Compromise. This led to the civil war because it created violance in Kansas because the Act angered those opposed to slavery. -
Dred Scott Case
Dred Scott had traveled to Wisconson with his owner in which slavery was banned there. He went to court to make himself a free man. By a vote he was not a free man. In this people also argued that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional. This led to war because it delighted slave owners, but made the people who opposed slavery, angry. -
Election of 1860
The election showed just how divided the nation was. Lincoln won with just 40 perctent of the votes, all of them from the north. Southerners feared congress would abolish slavery. Lincoln said he would not interfere with slavery. This led to South Carolina and six other states turning into their own union. This then led to the first shot at Fort Sumter which started the Civil War. -
Attack on Fort Sumter
The Attack on Fort Sumter was the begining of the Civil War. Some hotheads in South Carlina opened fire. After many shots, Fort Sumter defenders hauled down their flag and put a white flag up as a sign of surrender. This was the begining of the civil War.
