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The Missouri Compromise
This compromise allowed Maine to enter the united states as a free state as long as Missouri entered as a slave state. This was done to ensure the congressional balance. -
Nat Turners Rebellion
Also known as the Southamption insurrection, the Nat Turner rebellion was a slave rebellion that took place in Southamption County in Virginia. Nat Turner ignited rebellion within several plantations in the area. Together Turner and roughly seventy others killed around 60 white people. After two days the militia suppressed the rebellion. -
Conflict Within Ourselves
Slavery existed for a long time, and by Thomas Jefferson was considered "a necessary evil,) but it had very large controversy through its legality. (This date is to keep within the timeline, though in reality it would have continued through the span of the timeline). -
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The Wilmot Proviso
The Wilmot Proviso was an unsuccessful proposal to prohibit slavery in the territory acquired by the U.S. at the conclusion of the Mexican war. If the proposal had passed it would have banned slavery in most of the western states all the way to California. -
The Comprise of 1850
A series of resolutions meant to resolve the dispute between the north and the south. Part of this was the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington D.C. was abolished. -
Uncle Toms Cabin
An antislavery story was published, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe the exploration of slave life was a cultural sensation. Northerners felt as if their eyes had been opened to the horrors of slavery, while Southerners protested that Stowe’s work was demeaning and attacking them. -
Bleeding Kansas
The violent events that happened in Kansas after its adoption of popular sovereignty. -
Dred Scott vs Stanford
A case that went all the way to the Supreme Court on account of Dred Scott attempting to sue for his freedom. The case was dismissed saying that African Americans are not citizens and therefore cannot sue. This rose the abolitionists to anger. -
John Brown raid
Abolitionist John Brown supported violent acts against the south. This had great influence on the start of the civil war because it ignited a spark in the abolitionists. -
Lincoln’s election
Lincoln was obviously controversial. He stated his opinions clearly and openly. People either sided with him or were completely against him. America was not on the same page and that created a large amount of angst against its people. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
With secession, several federal forts suddenly became outposts in a foreign land. Abraham Lincoln made the decision to send fresh supplies to the beleaguered garrisons.The Civil War was now underway. On April 15, Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers to join the Northern army. Unwilling to contribute troops, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee dissolved their ties to the federal government.
