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Missouri Compromise
Admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. Set a precedent that would later be broken for deciding free and slave states. -
Nat Turner Rebellion
A slave rebellion that resulted in harsher slave laws. -
Wilmot Proviso
A proposal that was shot down. It was a proposal to ban slavery in newly acquired territories from Mexico -
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War with Mexico
Stemmed from border disputes and claims of Texas. America wins and takes a large amount of territory -
Mexican-American War
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
Repealed the Missouri Compromise. Permitted Popular Sovereignty over the issue of Slavery. -
Compromise of 1850
Admitted California as a new state, left Utah and New Mexico to decide for themselves whether to be a slave state or a free state, added the fugitive slave law. -
Fugitive Slave Act
Requires escaped slaves to be returned to their owners in the south. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Depicts horrors of being a slave and treatment of slaves. Lays groundwork for divide between North and South. -
Bleeding Kansas
Conflict over the popular sovereignty in Kansas, and over whether it should be free or slave. Mini-Civil War. -
Dred Scott Case
Supreme Court Case that said slaves are not legally citizens. -
John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry
Abolitionists raiding a US Arsenal attempting to start a slave revolt. -
Abraham Lincoln Elected
Republican wins the election without a single southern state. This was the final nail in the coffin for the south. -
South Carolina Secedes
South Carolina is fed up and finally declares themselves no longer a part of the USA -
Formation of the Confederacy
The CSA is formed and both sides are ready for war. -
Fort Sumter
First battle of the Civil War. In Charleston, South Carolina. -
Battle of Antietam
Bloodiest single day conflict in the Civil War. North would win and the South would fail to move into the North. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Turning point of the war. South would once again fail to move into the North. -
Battle of Vicksburg
Gave the Union control of the Mississippi River. Completed the Anaconda plan and cut the South in two. -
Battle of Appomatox
Robert E Lee surrenders and ends the Civil War at Appomatox.
