Pre-Civil War : Timeline of Events



Pre-Civil War : Timeline of Events

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1820

Maine entered free, ___________ slave.

Prohibited slavery north of _______________ latitude in the rest of the ____________________

1846

Suggested we ________ slavery in the new territories gained from the ____________ War.

Was not passed, but fueled the slavery debate

_______________

(a Whig) won.

______________ party

was founded, which _______________ slavery.

1848

_____ entered as free.

UT and NM will have ______________ sovreignty

Slave trade banned in _____

Fugitive Slave Law strengthened.

Zachary Taylor died, VP ________________ helped pass.

1850

_____________________ authored Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

Election of 1852:

________________ elected.

__________ Party splits over slavery, dies out.

1852

The territory needed to be organized for statehood. The South wanted it to be slave.

Compromise reached: repealed the Missouri Compromise, divided the territory into ______________ and _____________ which would determine slavery by popular sovreignty.

1854

Both proslavery and antislavery forces claimed victory.

Led to violence, later called

“ _____________________”

1855

SC Senator _____________ caned Mass. Senator _______________________ for insulting slave owners and a family member.

1856

Dem. _____________________ won.

New _________________ party came in second.

Anti immigrant _______________ party came in third.

Ruled that _____________ are not citizens and cannot sue in courts.

Said slaves are property and it is illegal to prohibit slavery anywhere!

Debates between Lincoln and Douglass during the ________ Senate race.

Douglass supported _____________________. He said slavery can be practically prohibited by not having slave codes. Called the ____________________.

Douglass won the race.

____________________ led a group to seize arms at the VA arsenal to start a slave rebellion.

Failed, Brown was ___________________.

Republicans defeated a divided Democratic party. Lincoln opposed the expansion of slavery.

Led to ______ seceding in Dec; 10 other Southern states follow.

The Confederate States of America are formed. ______________ elected Pres.

1857

1858

1859

1860

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