Civil War Timeline Project
Timeline from the Missouri Compromise to The Civil War.
What happened in between the Missouri Compromise all the way up to the Civil War?
Missouri Compromise (1820)
Missouri had been only a territory for a long time. People within the territory felt like it was time to become a state. Missouri celebrated too early because congress rejected their admission. Congress rejected their admission because they had only chosen proslavery men that did not have a majority vote with everyone. Finally after everything that had happened Missouri became a state on August 10, 1921.
Compromise of 1850
Fugitive Slave Act (1850)
Uncle Tom's Cabin is Published (1852)
Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
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Dred Scott Decision (1857)
Dred Scott was a slave that had been taken into many free states and then back into slave states. After his master died he sewed his master's wife for keeping him as a slave in free states. They went to court over it and claimed the wife guilty. Then the court went to Supreme Court and they said that all blacks don’t have rights and that he was still a slave for the wife. Eventually, a while after him and his family became free.
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry (1859)
On October 16, 1859 John Brown went on to Harpers Ferry to take away the weapons but, soldiers caught him and he was later hung. He was going on the Ferry to take the weapons because he wanted to have a war against slavery. He thought that slaves would come and help him steal weapons so, they could fight against slavery. But, no one came, his sons got killed and he eventually got hung for all of his murders. Brown was a murderer and he said that God had called to him to do this.
Election of 1860
The Election of 1860 was in April and the democrats were meeting in South Carolina. Men were there to select a future president for the election. The Democrats from the south felt like Douglas was double crossing them because he was supporting popular sovereignty. This was helping people be able to have slaves or have no slaves in certain territories. The Southern Democrats left without even selecting a candidate. The Northern Democrats selected Douglas, some weeks later and the Southern Democrats choose the Vice-President John C. BreckenRidge.
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South Secedes (December 1860-June 1861)
Secession was what caused the outbreak of war in December 1860 all the way up until June of 1861. Eleven of the Southern States dropped out of the Union. All of the States that dropped out of the Union were Slave States. They dropped out because they wanted slavery still and Abraham Lincoln said there was to be no more slavery, that he believes all men are created equal. Eleven States may have withdrawn but, there was still Twenty-one other states that were part of the United States.