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Date:April 12,1861
What Happened:On April 12,1861 at 4:30, General Anderson fired the first shot shot on Fort Sumter.The Civil War had begun.
What caused the event:Fort Sumter is located in Charleston,South Carolina.It was a union fort, but it was based in the new Confederate States of America.Confederate leader Jefferson Davis demanded the fort be evacuated of Union troops.Lincoln refused.
What was the effect of the event:0 men died in the battle that lasted 33 hours.After the union surrendered, 2 men were injured when a cannon did not fire correctly.President Lincoln and President Davis called up troops to prepare for the war.

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Date:November 6,1860
What Happened:In 1860, Abraham Lincoln becomes president.
What cause the event:1.The South feared Lincoln would end slavery.

2.Eleven Southern states secede the Union.

3.Those states were Florida,Arkansas,Texas,Louisiana,Tennessee,Alabama,Georgia,South Carolina,North Carolina,Virginia, and Mississippi.
What was the effect of the event:1.The seceded states formed a new union and called themselves the Confederate  States Of America.

2.They elected Jefferson Davis as their new president.

3.5 slave states stayed apart of the country. They were Missouri,Kentucky,Maryland,Delaware, and West Virginia.

4.These were called Border States.

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Date:March 6, 1857
What Happened: 1. Dred Scott was a slave that was taken from Missouri,a slave state and brought to Illinois,a free state. Then he was brought back to Missouri.

2. Dred is unaware that slavery is prohibited in Illinois, and misses his chance to escape.
What caused the event: Dred Scott goes to court and says he should be free!
What was the effect of the event:1.Scott was a slave

2.He was a slave and did not have any rights.

3.Slaves are NOT citizens

4.Slaves were owned by their masters .Masters could take slaves anywhere because they were considered PROPERTY.

5.Our government can't take away slaves since they are property.

6.This meant the government could NOT get rid of slavery.

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Date:October 18,1859
What happened:1.John and his sons took 5 pro-slavery men out of bed one night and killed them.

2.He attacked a federal arsenal building filled with weapons.

3.He was planning to arm slaves to start a rebellion.

4.He was caught and hung.
What caused the event:He was a Northern abolitionist. He attacked the federal arsenal in Harper's Ferry. He was hoping to create a rebellion against slavery by arming slaves with the weapons from the federal arsenal. He was captured during the raid and later hung.
What was the effect of the event:1.The North thought he was a HERO!

2.The South was outraged of how they could worship a murderer!

Which led the north and the south to be part of a great argument on the controversial figure that was john brown.

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Date:May 30, 1854
What happened:1.Kansas and Nebraska become territories.

2.Both could VOTE  on whether they wanted slavery or not. This is called popular sovereignty.

What caused the event:Steven Douglas wanted to build a railroad.
What was the effect of the event:1.The South liked this law, now more states could become slave states.

2.The North hated this law, slavery was spreading.

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Date:January 29, 1850
What happened:1.California becomes a free state

2.Land won in the Mexican war would be made into territories. Voters decided whether they wanted slavery or not.

3.Slave trade in Washington D.C. ended.

4.EVERYONE in the country had to help find runaway slaves.
What caused the event:California tries to become free a state which would make the balance unequal.
What was the effect of the event:Slave trade in Washington D.C. was prohibited, but slavery was not.

California becomes a free state.

The South gained by the strengthening of the Fugitive Slave Law

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Date:March 3, 1820
What happened:On March 3,1820, congress passed a bill granting the Missouri Compromise. An imaginary is created. Any new state North of that line is FREE, any new state South of that line is a SLAVE state.
What caused the event:Missouri wanted to become a state in 1820. If Missouri joins, the balance will be uneven.
What was the effect of the event:Missouri would become a slave state. Maine would become a free state. An imaginary line is created which represents the Missouri Compromise.