Pre-Civil War Timeline by Emma Fitzgerald

Missouri Compromise 1820

ef829950 — 2025-02-14 02:13:06 UTC

The Missouri Compromise was a negotiation that helped decide what part of the United States would be Slave States and Free States. They decide that all new states below the latitude line 36, 30. All new states above the latitude line 36, 30.This was because Missouri wanted to be a slave State

What motive is there to make certain states slave states and certain states free States?

https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/missouri-compromise#:~:text=This%20legislation%20admitted%20Missouri%20as,remainder%20of%20the%20Louisiana%20Territory.

Nullification crisis 1831-1833

ef829950 — 2025-02-14 15:29:40 UTC

Nullification Crisis, in U.S. history, confrontation between the state of South Carolina and the federal government in 1832–33 over the former's attempt to declare null and void within the state the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832.

After the Tariff of Abominations was passed in 1828 whom did South Carolina lawmaker ask for help?

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/nullification-crisis

North Carolina v. Mann

ef829950 — 2025-02-14 15:30:19 UTC

Mann was a 1829 case that clarified whether slaves had rights. The justices focused on the letter of the law and indicated that only the legislature could change laws, not judges. The case stemmed from an incident in which a slave woman named Lydia was loaned to a man named John Mann.

What would have happened if Mann eon the case?

https://northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/state-v-mann/

Wilmot Proviso

ef829950 — 2025-02-14 15:30:22 UTC

The Wilmot Proviso was an unsuccessful 1846 proposal in the United States Congress to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican–American War. The conflict over the Wilmot Proviso was one of the major events leading to the American Civil War.

Why did Proviso fail to gain traction In congress.

https://www.britannica.com/event/Wilmot-Proviso

Free Soil Party August 1848

ef829950 — 2025-02-14 15:30:29 UTC

The Free Soil Party, also called the Free Democratic Party or the Free Democracy, was a political party in the United States from 1848 to 1854, when it merged into the Republican Party. The party was focused on opposing the expansion of slavery into the western territories of the United States.

How did the actions of the Whig and Democratic parties contribute to the formation of the free soil party?

https://www.nps.gov/mava/learn/historyculture/the-election-of-1848-free-soil-free-labor-free-men.htm

Compromise of 1850

ef829950 — 2025-02-14 15:30:33 UTC

The acts called for the admission of California as a "free state," provided for a territorial government for Utah and New Mexico, established a boundary between Texas and the United States, called for the abolition of slave trade in Washington, DC.

Was Mexico happy with the boundary of Texas?

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/compromise-1850#:~:text=The%20bill%20included%20California%20entering,a%20new%20fugitive%20slave%20law.

Fugitive Slave Act September 1850

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Passed on September 18, 1850 by Congress, The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was part of the Compromise of 1850. The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. The act also made the federal government responsible for finding, returning, and trying escaped slaves.

How much did Northerners care about about this act?

https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/historic-document-library/detail/the-fugitive-slave-act-1850

Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854

ef829950 — 2025-02-14 15:30:41 UTC

It became law on May 30, 1854. The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty. It also produced a violent uprising known as “Bleeding Kansas,” as pro-slavery and antislavery activists flooded into the territories to sway the vote.

Why were Nebraska and Kansas aloud to led the people choose if they had slavery.

https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Kansas_Nebraska_Act.htm#:~:text=The%20Kansas%2DNebraska%20Act%20repealed,territories%20to%20sway%20the%20vote.

Bleeding Kansas (sack of Lawrence)/(Pottawatomie Massacre) 1856

ef829950 — 2025-02-14 15:30:46 UTC

Bleeding Kansas, Bloody Kansas, or the Border War, was a series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas Territory, and to a lesser extent in western Missouri, between 1854 and 1859. It emerged from a political and ideological debate over the legality of slavery in the proposed state of Kansas.

How did popular sovereignty lead to mob rule anarchy in what came to be "Bleeding Kansas"?

https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/spotlight-primary-source/bleeding-kansas-and-pottawatomie-massacre-1856#:~:text=In%20retaliation%20for%20the%20%22sack,even%20his%20anti%2Dslavery%20supporters.

Dred Scott v. Sandford March 1857

ef829950 — 2025-02-14 15:30:52 UTC

Missouri's Dred Scott Case, 1846-1857. In its 1857 decision that stunned the nation, the United States Supreme Court upheld slavery in United States territories, denied the legality of black citizenship in America, and declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional.

Would slavery end quicker Scott won this case?

https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/dred-scott-v-sandford

Lincoln-Douglas Debates August 1858

ef829950 — 2025-02-14 15:30:56 UTC

Lincoln-Douglas debates, series of seven debates between the Democratic senator Stephen A. Douglas and Republican challenger Abraham Lincoln during the 1858 Illinois senatorial campaign, largely concerning the issue of slavery extension into the territories

What would happen if Lincoln won for Senate?

https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/historyculture/debates.htm

John Brown’s Raid and Trial October 1859

ef829950 — 2025-02-14 15:31:00 UTC

Faced with charges of murder, conspiring with enslaved people to rebel and treason against the state of Virginia, John Brown's trial began October 27 and lasted just five days. Jurors took only 45 minutes to reach a decision — guilty of all charges. On November 2 Brown was sentenced to hang on the gallows.

Why did John Brown, alone among northern abolitionists, choose violence as the way to end slavery?

https://www.britannica.com/event/Harpers-Ferry-Raid