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The Missouri Compromise
Congress wanted to establish a policy to guide the new states into slavery.
Missouri wanted to become a slave state and it sparked a national debate. Missouri congress -
Nat Turner’s Rebellion
A slave (nat turner) incited an uprising and it spread trough the southern half of Virginia it was a rebellion
and Virginia reacted by taking away what few civil rights slaves had 55 slaves including Nat turner -
The Compromise of 1850
The slave act wich was a law that compelled northerners to return slaves who had run away sparked argumets. Wilmot Proviso, Stephen Douglas, and Henry Clay -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher wrote a book about slaves lives and it brought the issue of slavery to life. Because people started to talk about slavery Harriet Beecher Stowe -
Abraham Lincoln's Election
He was elected in 1860 as a republican his party was anti-slavery and so was he so he won. He was going to take away slavery since he and his party wasen't for it. Abraham Lincoln -
Bleeding Kansas
Kansas was voting on slavery and a bunch of riots broke out. Because it was a debate on slavery and 56 people died. Congressmen -
The Battle Of Fort Sumter
Confederate warships turned back the supply convoy. they ended up in Fort Sumter and they opened a 34- hour bombardment there. Beocuse aberham lincon said that people had to join the nothern army. Aberham Lincoln