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Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was introduced by Henry Clay. It prohibited in the former Lousiana Territory north of the parralel 36°30′ north, except within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri. Above the line there would be no slavery. Below the line slavery would be allowed. Maine entered as free state, Missouri entered as slave. -
Wilmot Proviso
Representative David Wilmot of Pennsylvanis wanted slavery banned in any lands gotten from Mexico. Southerners did not like his plan.In the end the Wilmot Proviso led to the Compromise of 1850 -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was presented of Janurary 29, 1850 by Henry Clay. The items included were: California would be a free state, slavery would be allowed in new territories, the trading of slaves would be banned in Washington D.C, and there would be a stonger fugitive slave law Boundary of Texas fixed. 10 million dollars given to Texas -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act created the two territories of Kansas and Nebraska opening up areas for settlement. The act was introduced by Stephen. Douglas. Settlers would vote if they wanted slavery in Kansas and Nebraska -
John Brown’s attack in Lawrence, KS
John's Browns attack, was an antislavery attack before the Civil War where antislavery fighters, led by John Brown attacked a Pro-Slavery town killing five people -
Dred Scott Decsion
On that day in March, the supreme court decided that even though Dred Scott had lived in Free states, he was not a free man. -
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
John Brown raided Harpers ferry because He want to arm enslaved African-Americans. In the end 10 of his 21 men were killed. In the End, Brown was convicted of treason and murder and sentenced to death. -
South Carolina Seccession
South Carolina Secceded from the Union because Abraham Lincoln was elected. The were the first of the eleven states that would secced and form the Confederate States of America. -
Abe Lincoln is sworn in
Lincoln was sworn in at the partly finished Capitol building on the eve of the Civil War. -
Battle at Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the first battle of the American Civil War in which Jefferson ordered his troops to attack before the supplies could arrive.
