Date: 1820

Missouri Compromise was for balancing slaving states and freedom states. They made slavery state Missouri and freedom state Maine. They made an existing boundary and made a point that when new states are proclaimed, they will be slavery status or non-slavery status.

Cause and Effect: the slavery resulted in tension and, due to that tension, as compromise. slavery left us all in silence for a while, though it did not end it.

Perspective: Politicians and slaves cared about this above everything: caring about slavery concerns.

Connection: This Missouri Compromise is related to the Kansas-Nebraska act. Each of these deals in slavery in the new states.

Event 2: Mexican-American War

Date: 1846-1848

The Mexican-American War erupted between the U.S. and Mexico when the U.S. annexed Texas. The war went in a treaty, and the U.S. won a large amount of land.

Cause and Effect:This geo-gratially benefited the U.S. by a war caused by a desire for a westward expansion and a Manifest Destiny. The war led to a slavery situation.

Perspective:This involved citizens of Mexico and colonists of America in new ground.

Connection: The war shaped the Compromise of 1850. The Compromise of 1850 resolved states about slavery.

Event 3: Compromise of 1850

Date: 1850

The Compromise of 1850 sought to find a suitable middle ground as it concerned slavery in the Mexican-American states. California joined in as a non-slave-holding state, and a new, more stringent Fugitive Slave Law.

Cause and Effect: The war of recent years made it very stressful to keep this country in its former unity and thereby made this necessary concession inevitable. This didn't abolish slavery, however.

Point of view:It was universally embraced by abolitionists, and by freedom seekers who resided in slavery, and abolitionists who resisted the new Fugitive Slave Act.

Link: The Fugitive Slave Act would have been the referent for the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which imposed such not-so-little strains.

Event 4: Kansas-Nebraska Act

Date: 1854

The Kansas-Nebraska Act enabled Kansas and Nebraska to vote on slavery in each of these territories. It survived this, in a sense, by repealing the Missouri Compromise.

Cause and Effect: The call for a rail plus citizens all requesting a vote on slavery created bitter conflicts that have come to be termed Bleeding Kansas.

Perspective: Brought in pro and anti-slavery immigrants trying to influence votes to a great degree.

Link: The beginning of Kansas strife can be traced back to John Brown's Massacre of Pottawatomie, in which pro-slavery citizens were killed by him in return for the violence.

Event 5: John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry

Date: 1859

The raid by John Brown on a particular arsenal to stir up an insurrection by slaves turned futile and cost him his life.

Cause and Effect:Triggering this attempt were the very extreme acts of Brown along with the escalating tensions concerning slavery. The raid ignited.

Event 6: Election of 1860

Date: 1860

Abraham Lincoln was elected as president in 1860, and this caused political instability as well as secession of Southern states. Cause and Effect: Lincoln's non-acceptance of slavery terrified the South; it frightened their way of living and thus commenced the Civil War. Perspective: It affected Southern states whose political leadership had to secede as well as enslaved people whose fate was in a limbo. Relationship: The election itself directly impacted Fort Sumter, which would later weather the first flames of Lincoln's guns against secessionists' Federal soldiers. Event 7: Fort Sumter

Date: April 12, 1861Fort Sumter was the site of the opening battle of the Civil War when Confederate soldiers fired upon the Union-held fort in Charleston Harbor. Cause and Effect: The Southern states seceded from the Union and did not turn over government property; these are the causes of this war, and the reason why the Civil War began. Perspective: This event affected, mostly, Union soldiers and Confederate soldiers, along with civilians who were in the middle of this situation. Relation: There is a sense in the Battle of Fort Sumter and the Emancipation Proclamation, which did shift the path of the war to slavery. Event 8: Emancipation Proclamation

Date: January 1, 1863

The Emancipation Proclamation, signed into effect as an executive order by President Lincoln, pronounced all slaves held within Confederate states to be released. Cause and Effect: This declaration was in response to the necessity of discrediting the Confederacy and the moral responsibility of abolitionists and re-framed the Civil War as a war of freedom. Perspective: This move directly engaged enslaved people in the South, who were freed, and Union soldiers who fought in a cause which now encompassed abolition. Link: This term was associated with the Battle of Gettysburg, as it marked a turning point in the war that guaranteed the Union's resolve for the abolition of slavery. Event 9: Battle of Gettysburg: Date: July 1-3, 1863

The Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point during the Civil War, in which Confederate troops experienced a clear loss and in many ways the beginning of an end to their offensive. Cause and Effect: Lee's advance into the North and need to have a final victory led to a battle that was expensive in human lives and it boosted Union morale. Perspective: Essentially soldiers on both sides and citizens from Gettysburg saw firsthand the cruelty of war. Connection: The outcome at Gettysburg set the stage for Sherman's March, which was intended to demoralize the South again. Event 10: Sherman's March

Date: 1864