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Missouri Compromise
A compromise passed to try and balance the power of free and slave states. -
Nat Turners Rebellion
The slave rebellion led by an enslaved man named Nat Turner. -
Wilmot Proviso
An unsuccessful proposal to ban slavery in the new territory gained from Mexico. -
War With Mexico
Americans started a war with mexico because they wanted their land. -
Compromise of 1850
Five separate bills that decided what to do with the new land from Mexico. -
Fugitive Slave Act
A law where any runaway slaves could be returned to their owner at any moment even after the are in the North. -
Publication of Uncle Toms Cabin
A book that showed people what it was like to be a slave in America. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
A new law that replaced the Missouri Compromise by letting Kansas and Nebraska vote on weather or not the west would be free or slave. -
Bleeding Kansas
Kansas one one of the territories selected to vote on weather or not the new land will be free or slave. Lots of tension was building up and many people from the north and south traveled to Kansas causing many riots, fights, and fires. -
Dred Scott Decision
The court ruled that Dred Scott could not sue his owner because black people weren't citizens. -
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
John Brown was sick of slavery so he decided to raid the arsenal. He armed the slaves to fight with him but they refused. -
Abraham Lincoln Elected President
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South Carolina Secedes
South Carolina along with the rest of the south did not like the new laws from the North so they decide to secede from the Union. The were followed by the rest of the South soon after. -
Formation of The Confederate States of America
The South became their own "America" called the Confederate States of America. -
Fort Sumter
After Lincoln announced plans to resupply the fort the south decided to attack causing the battle of fort Sumter. -
Antietam
The bloodiest battle in American history. -
Vicksburg
The battle that gave the Union control of the Mississippi River. -
Gettysburg
The largest battle ever fought in America. -
Appomattox Courthouse
The location of the final battle of the Civil War.
