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Missouri Compromise
A line that divided the free states and the slave states. -
Compromise of 1850
Made California a free state, defined a border between The United States and Texas, and ended slave trade in Washington D.C. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
A novel that was published and made people have deeper thinking about slavery and how wrong it is. The author, Harriet Beecher Stowe, wanted to have the readers feel empathy. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
People would move to Kansas and Nebraska and vote if it was a free state or not. This popular sovereignty was what determined if a state was a free state or a slave state. -
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act made it so that people were required to turn in runaway slaves even if they were in free states and judges were paid more to send runaway slaves back to the south, even if they weren't a runaway slave. -
Dred Scott Case
The Dred Scott Case made it that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional and kept slavery in the states. -
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
John Brown raided an arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia. He had started a slave revolt in Harpers Ferry. -
Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States even though he wasn't on the ballot in 10 states in the south. -
South Carolina Secedes
South Carolina Secedes from the United States because the northern states did not uphold the fugitive slave act.