Events Leading To The Civil War
The Compromise of 1820 was to admit Missouri as a free state and also created Maine (as a free state). The 36 30 line became the border line.
The Compromise of 1850 separated lands that came from the Mexican-American War.
Kansas Nebraska Act 1854 created Kanas and Nebraska
Popular Sovernty, written by Stephen Douglas, had citizens of new territories choose or vote on if they would have slavery or not.
Dred Scott was a slave that sued the U.S. for his freedom. The Supreme Court ruled against him saying that blacks would never be citizens and slavery could be anywhere.
Lincoln - Douglas Debates: Seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. Lincoln has Douglas admit things he wasn't supposed to which made the south choose more democrats.
John Brown's raided Harper's Ferry with 22 men. John Brown took over a federal weapons armory in West Virginia. He planned to use the weapons to free slaves, but soon he was caught and found guilty of treason and hung for his actions.
Uncle Tom's Cabin: A famous book written in 1852 by Harriet Beacher Stowe. This "helped lay the ground work for the Civil War." Over 300,000 copies of the book were published in it's first year.
The Compromise of 1850 separated lands that came from the Mexican-American War.
Kansas Nebraska Act 1854 created Kanas and Nebraska
Popular Sovernty, written by Stephen Douglas, had citizens of new territories choose or vote on if they would have slavery or not.
Dred Scott was a slave that sued the U.S. for his freedom. The Supreme Court ruled against him saying that blacks would never be citizens and slavery could be anywhere.
Lincoln - Douglas Debates: Seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. Lincoln has Douglas admit things he wasn't supposed to which made the south choose more democrats.
John Brown's raided Harper's Ferry with 22 men. John Brown took over a federal weapons armory in West Virginia. He planned to use the weapons to free slaves, but soon he was caught and found guilty of treason and hung for his actions.
Uncle Tom's Cabin: A famous book written in 1852 by Harriet Beacher Stowe. This "helped lay the ground work for the Civil War." Over 300,000 copies of the book were published in it's first year.