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U7A1: Prelude to Civil War

By elijahscarborough

  • The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854

    The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
    The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, On May 30, 1854, was made law. The Kansas-Nebraska Act provided for popular sovereignty, abolished the Missouri Compromise, and established two additional territories. A violent revolt known as "Bleeding Kansas" was partly a result of the pro- and anti-slavery advocates who flocked to the territories to influence the vote. https://www.essentialcivilwarcurriculum.com/the-kansas-nebraska-act-of-1854.html

  • The Dred Scott Decision of 1857

    The Dred Scott Decision of 1857
    Dred Scott Case in Missouri, 1846–1857. The United States Supreme Court supported slavery in American territory, rejected the legitimacy of black citizenship in the country, and ruled that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional in its 1857 ruling, which shocked the whole country, effectively nullifying the Missouri Compromise. https://www.britannica.com/event/Dred-Scott-decision

  • The Missouri Compromise of 1820

    The Missouri Compromise of 1820
    The Missouri Compromise of 1820, To maintain the country's balance between slave and free states, this law simultaneously accepted Maine as a non-slave state and Missouri as a slave state. In the remaining Louisiana Territory, above the 36° 30' latitude line, slavery was likewise prohibited, which prohibited slavery in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase north of the 36°30' parallel. https://www.mayaincaaztec.com/american-history/missouri-compromise-of-1820

  • The election of Abraham Lincoln as President in 1860

    The election of Abraham Lincoln as President in 1860
    The election of Abraham Lincoln as President in 1860, Lincoln won the Electoral College with less than 40% of the national popular vote by winning states north of the Ohio River, above the Mason-Dixon line, and in the Far West, including California and Oregon. Lincoln did not win even one slave state, in contrast to every president-elect before him. resulting in the southern states seceding from the Union. https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1860

  • The Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in April 1861

    The Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in April 1861
    The Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in April 1861, On April 12, 1861, forces from the Confederate States of America attacked the United States military garrison at Fort Sumter, South Carolina. Less than two days later, the fort surrendered. No one was killed. this marked the beginning of the Civil War. https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/battle-fort-sumter