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Stowe and Helper: Literary Incendiaries:
Harriet Beecher Stowe was the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin to show the perspective and the struggles that was occurring in the South. -
“Bully” Brooks and His Bludgeon:
Abolitionist Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts gave a provoking speech condemning pro-slavery men. During this speech, Sumner also personally insulted Senator Andrew Butler of South Carolina. Two days later, Butler's nephew, Preston Brooks, beat Sumner with a cane to unconsciousness. -
Kansas in Convulsion:
James Buchanan who's a democrat became the president -
The North-South Contest for Kansas
The civil war in Kansas started when a group of pro-slavery raiders burned down part of the abolitionist's town of Lawrence -
The Financial Crash of 1857:
Panic of 1857 was caused by over-speculation in the West and currency inflation due to the inrush of Californian gold. The tariff of 1857 lowered import taxes to about 20%. -
The Dred Scott Bombshell:
The Dred Scott resolution, the conclusion they reached that people of the African descent have no right to contain citizenship of the United States. -
An Illinois Rail-Splitter Emerges
In Illinois senatorial election, the Republicans chose Abraham Lincoln to run again Stephen Douglas -
South Carolina Assails Fort Sumter
Taking the move by Lincoln as an act of aggression, the South Carolinians fired upon Fort Sumter -
Bull Run Ends the "Ninety-Day War":
The Union and Confederate forces met. Unexpectedly, the Confederates won as "Stonewall" Jackson held his line of Confederate soldiers until reinforcements arrived. The loss for the Union dispelled the illusion of a quick end to the war. -
“Tardy George" McClellan and the Peninsular Campaign:
General George B. McClellan was given command of the Army of the Potomac.