Events Leading up to the Civil War

(Scroll to the left and start at top of bulleted events)

INCLUDES:

1620-beginning of slavery

1848-Mexican Cession

1850s-Underground Railroad

1850-Compromise of 1850

(including the addition of California as a free state)

1852-Publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

1854-Kansas-Nebraska Act

1856-"Bleeding Kansas"

1857-Dred Scott Decision U.S. Supreme Court Case: Scott vs. Stanford

1859-John Brown's attack on Harper's Ferry

1860-Abraham Lincoln elected president

I chose these events because they seemed to be the most influential in respect to the Civil War. These events had great impact on the people of that era, especially slavery. Although more things happened, a lot more, the impact of these select few are still imposed on us today.