pre civil war timeline

  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise
    To keep things equal in the United States, Missouri became a slave state and Maine became a free state. 36-30 became the new line to decide future states
  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850
    Because the Missouri compromise wasn't working they decided that future states would decide for themselves
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin Published

    Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
    A book about an African American the sacrifices himself to conceal the whereabouts of two slaves its Published.
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act
    they let the people in those territories decide about slavery through popular sovereignty
  • Dred Scott case

    Dred Scott case
    An African American man filed a lawsuit against his new owner because since he moved to the north he was free. he lost the case because the supreme court ruled that property cannot file lawsuits.
  • John Browns Raid on Harpers Ferry

    John Browns Raid on Harpers Ferry
    John brown lead a group of people to raid federal warehouse. upon being caught he was sentenced to death
  • Election of 1860

    Election of 1860
    People in the south are mad that Abraham Lincoln won the election even after they took him off the ballot
  • South Carolina secedes

    South Carolina secedes
    Upon hearing that Lincoln had won the presidential election, south carolina seceded into become a slave state rather than a free state.