Road to the Civil War

This event is where the South felt like they had lost their voice and soon succeed from the United States shortly after.

• Election of 1860

• Dredd Scott v. Sanford

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

This event is where Abe Lincoln becomes president, despite many southern states not even him on their ballot (no votes from the southern states)

• Election of 1860

• Dredd Scott v. Sanford

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

This event is where a man took over a military armory and tried to start a slave revolt but it ultimately failed

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Nat Turner's Rebellion

• John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry

• Election of 1860

This event Deeply divides the country. Some see this person as a hero others see him a terrorist.

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Nat Turner's Rebellion

• John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry

• Election of 1860

This event lead to slavery being legalized in both of the North and the South

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Dredd Scott v. Sanford

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Election of 1860

This event was a supreme court case that stated that slaves were property not people

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Dredd Scott v. Sanford

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Election of 1860

This event caused a lot of people to flood to these states to try to sway the vote. This caused violence between the North and the South (bleeding Kansas)

• Missouri Compromise

• 3/5 Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas Nebraska Act

This event established Kansas and Nebraska as popular sovereignty states

• Missouri Compromise

• 3/5 Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas Nebraska Act

This event pissed off a lot of northerners because they felt their constitutional right was being impeded on. Many northerners ignored or defied the law

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Nat Turner's Rebellion

• John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry

This event was created during the compromise of 1850 and stated that Northerners had to return a runaway slave to their southern slaveowners

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Nat Turner's Rebellion

• John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry