Events Leading to the Civil War

By j0407579

  • Wilmot Proviso

    Congress tried to stop the spread of slavery.Failed. South is worried.

  • Compromise of 1850

    California is free. Slave trade illeagal in north.Popular soviernty for others.

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Abolitionist book.

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Said popular soveinty to decide on slavery. Caused a rush towards the two states.

  • Bleeding Kansas

    Small scal civil war in Kansas.

  • Dred Scott Decision

    Dred Scott sued for freedom...Failed

  • Lincon-Douglass Debates

    Election for senator. Lincon said slavery should not be expanded. Lost election. Became famous for his views.

  • Harpers Ferry

    John Brown led a raid on Harpers Ferry. He failed and vecame a martr in the north.

  • Election of 1860

    Lincon was voted into presidency. The south seceded.

  • Fort Sumter

    The Confederacy attacked the fort and succeded. The war had begun!