Timeline Leading Up to the Civil War

By RyleaG
  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise
    To keep the states equal they created a line. Anything North would be free, and anything South would be slave. This line decided whose state would go.
  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850
    Bills were passed to calm down the feud between North and South. Which passed 5 bills.
  • Fugitive Slave Act

    Fugitive Slave Act
    This was to catch all of the African-American slaves that were running away to the North. If caught get paid. Judges get $10 for charging and $5 for setting free.
  • Uncle Tom's Cabins Published

    Uncle Tom's Cabins Published
    Was a book about anti-slavery. The book was written by a European woman and explained the evils of slavery.
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act
    It repealed the Missouri compromise and came back to popular sovereignty. And created feuds about territory.
  • Dred Scott case

    Dred Scott case
    Moved to a free state and moved back while some people helped him sue because they claimed to move made him a free man. The end of the case was lost because they said slaves were property, not people.
  • John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry

    John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
    The raid of John Brown who was an abolitionist. In the end, he was faced with charges of murder and treason.
  • Election of 1860

    Election of 1860
    An election where the South took Abraham Lincoln off their ballots because he was against slavery. In the end, Abraham won but did nothing about slavery.
  • South Carolina Secedes

    South Carolina Secedes
    The first state to secede and break off, with many to lead afterward.