Civil war

By RandyLudke
  • The compromise of 1850 including the Fugitive Slave act

    The compromise of 1850 including the Fugitive Slave act

    5 laws passed by congress to ease the tension between north and south. California was added to the U.S.
  • Kansas- Nebraska act

    Kansas- Nebraska act

    Allowed Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves if they will allow slavery or not. They decided through voting from the settlers of the state.
  • Bleeding Kansas

    Bleeding Kansas

    Violent conflict in Kansas. It started from a political and ideological debate over the legality of slavery in the state of Kansas.
  • Dred Scott v. Sandford

    Dred Scott v. Sandford

    A court case that made the tension over slavery worse
  • Lincoln-Douglas Debates

    Lincoln-Douglas Debates

    7 debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas for a seat in senate from Illinois
  • John Browns Raid on Harpers Ferry

    John Browns Raid on Harpers Ferry

    A failed attempt to start a slave uprising that surprised the whole nation.
  • Election of Abraham Lincoln

    Election of Abraham Lincoln

    He was republican. Lincoln received about 39.7% of the popular vote but secured a victory in the Electoral College with 180 electoral votes. The U.S. was very divided over the issue of slavery. Stephen A. Douglas(democrat), John C. Breckinridge(democrat), and John Bell (Constitutional Union Party) ran against him.
  • Civil war

    Civil war

    A war within the United States between the northern states and the southern states over the issue of slavery.