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Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri late in 1819 for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted. At the time, the United States contained twenty-two states, evenly divided between slave and free. ( HISTORY.com) -
Compromise of 1850
California became a free state but people were forced to bring slaves back to the south -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
Uncle Tom's Cabin was published which helped lead up to the civil war -
Kansas Nebraska Act
The act allowed people in Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not to become slave or free states. -
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates
The Lincoln–Douglas Debates of 1858 were a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln -
Lincoln's election of 1860
Aberham Lincoln was elected into office in 1860 which caused an outcry in the south. They thought that they were not given a say in the presidency and did not want to be part of their country anymore so they decided to secede. -
Civil War Start
The war began when the Confederates bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter, South Carolina on April 12, 1861. -
Slavery officialy abolished
The ratification of abolishing slavery -
The south secedes from the union
The south seceded from the union because they wanted slavery and the north did not.
