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1861 - The Confederate States of America is formed

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1861 - The Confederate States of America is formed

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After South Carolina seceded from the Union, many states followed suit. The confederacy wanted to keep and fight for slavery because they thought it was their American right. These rebellious states together formed the confederacy, which led to the Civil War.

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1860 - South Carolina secedes from the Union

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1860 - South Carolina secedes from the Union

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When Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860, South Carolina took that as an act of hostility and a threat to civilian rights. As a result, they seceded from the Union.

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1860 - Abraham Lincoln is elected president

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1860 - Abraham Lincoln is elected president

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Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860, winning both the electoral vote and the popular vote. He won 1,866,452 popular votes at 40%, and 180 electoral votes. Many states in the South perceived this as a hostile act and this would lead to further complications in the US.

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In 1859, a man named John Brown raided the town Harpers Ferry in West Virginia with 22 men. He did this because he wanted to take a stand against slavery in the South.

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1858 - Abraham Lincoln debates Stephen Douglas

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1858 - Abraham Lincoln debates Stephen Douglas

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Abraham Lincoln (Republican party presidential candidate) and Stephen Douglas (Democratic party presidential candidate) challenged each other in a series of 7 political debates; the most heated topic was slavery.

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The Dred Scott Decision was decided after an enslaved man tried to sue to get his freedom as he was in a free territory. This led to the Dred Scott Decision which declared that people who were enslaved were not considered citizens of the nation and did not have the right to be acknowledged by the federal government.

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act was a bill passed that got rid of the Missouri Compromise as the US was gaining territory. It also introduced popular sovereignty to the new territories that hadn't yet been decided as slave or free states.

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Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin. It was a book about a fugitive slave named Uncle Tom who saved a little girl's life and then was bought by her father. The little girl then died, and then her father did too, so Tom was sold to a new owner. He then had Tom beaten to death for not disclosing escaped slaves' locations. She wrote this to bring recognition to the struggles and all of the hardships of slavery.

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The Fugitive Slave Act was a law that was passed making it obligatory that American citizens report escaped slaves. It also allowed ‘bounty hunters’ to go after escaped slaves and return them to their plantation.

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Tubman encountered the Underground Railroad when escaping slavery from Maryland. Soon thereafter she became a ‘conductor’, safely leading family and friends to free northern states.