Events before Civil War

These events established Lincoln as a national figure and solidified his anti-slavery stance

• Lincoln-Douglas Debates

• Dred Scott vs Sanford

• John Brown Raid

• Tariff of 1828

This case went to the U.S. Supreme Court and said laws limiting slavery were unconstitutional

• Dred Scott vs Sanford

• Tariff of 1832

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

This event led to the deaths of more than 50 Virginians and struck fear into the hearts of slave owners

• Nat Turner's Rebellion

• "Bleeding Kansas"

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• John Brown

This event began as a disagreement over whether or not slavery should be allowed in Kansas

• "Bleeding Kansas"

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Dred Scott

• John Brown Raid

This compromise admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state.

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Tariff of 1832

This repealed the Missouri Compromise and helped create the Republican Party

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Tariff of 1828

This man raided the town of Harper's Ferry in 1859 in an attempt to free slaves.

• John Brown

• Nat Turner

• Dred Scott

• Abraham Lincoln

This admitted California to the Union and ended the slave trade in Washington D.C.

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas Nebraska Act

• Tariff of 1828

This book sold millions of copies and showed the world the horrors of slavery

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Tariff of 1828

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Compromise of 1850