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Road to the Civil War Timeline

1848

1849

1850

1852

1854

1857

1858

1859

1860

1861

Presented By:

Kamron Sullivan and Jordan Akin

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Ends Mexican War

Compromise of 1850

Election of Abraham Lincoln

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Lincoln/Douglas Debates

Summary

  • Mexico gave Texas territory to California for 15 Million dollars
  • This treaty expanded the states by about 33%
  • Rio Grande became the southern border of the U.S. Texas territory
  • Slave trade prohibited in Washington D.C.
  • The Fugitive Slave Law was passed
  • No slavery restrictions in Utah or New Mexico
  • Allowed people of the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide if they would be pro or anti slavery
  • The act appealed the Missouri Compromise
  • People allover fled to make the decision
  • Series of Seven debates held in Ottawa, Freeport, Jonesboro, Charleston, Galesburg, Quincy, and Alton Illinois
  • Debates to see who would win one of the two seats U.S. Senate
  • Lincoln lost but it sparked his run for President later
  • Lincoln would become president of the United States
  • His name was not on 10 of the southern states ballets
  • Lincoln won without the popular vote but the electoral

North/South

North- Granted another free state (California)

South- Made it easier trecover fugitive slaves

North- upset the slave state-free state balance and risked war

South-upset the slave state-free state balance and risked war

North- This became the start of the Civil War

South- This became the start of the Civil War

North- Eventually Lincoln would become president and abolish slavery

South- Lincoln would eventually abolish slavery

North- Viewed very negatively because Missouri Compromise was bypassed by this act

South- Strongly supported due to Pro-Slavery

Uncle Tom's Cabin

John Brown at Harper's Ferry

Dred Scott Case

California Gold Rush

Bleeding Kansas

Summary

Summary

Summary

  • John Brown and staunch abolitionists captured and seized citizens from Harper's Ferry
  • They also seized the federal armory and arsenal
  • They hoped the local slaves would join the raid
  • People from both North and South were affected greatly
  • Series of scetches showing how difficlt slavery was
  • Helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War
  • Series of violent political confrontations in the United States anti- slavery and pro- slavery
  • More and more people moved to Kansas and Nebraska
  • Numbers of settlers died in the travel to Kansas
  • Dred Scott argued he was entitled to emancipation (Freedom).
  • Chief Justice Roger B. Taney disagreed with Scott.
  • Court decided no black, free or slave, could claim U.S. citizenship. Therefore blacks couldn't petition for freedom in court
  • One of the most significant events before the 19th Century
  • Many men sold all their belongings for trips to California
  • Discovered by James Marshall while building saw mill

North/South

North- An important impetus of the Civil War

South- An important impetus of the Civil War

North- Started Civil War & made people oppose slavery more

South- Started Civil War & made people furious because they thought of slavery differently

  • North-Heightened tensions and incensed abolitionists
  • South-Heightened tensions and incensed abolitionists

North- Organized and funded several thousand settlers

South- Occupy Kansas and make it a slave state

North- Became another Free State

South- Felt threatened by a new Free State

Citations

  • http://www.history.com/topics/gold-rush-of-1849
  • https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/guadalupe-hidalgo/
  • http://www.history.com/topics/compromise-of-1850
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Tom%27s_Cabin
  • http://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/historyculture/debates.htm
  • http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/kansas.htm
  • http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/dred-scott-case
  • http://www.history.com/topics/bleeding-kansas
  • http://www.civilwar.org/150th-anniversary/john-browns-harpers-ferry.html
  • http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/abraham-lincoln-elected-president
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