Civil War Timeline
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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CENUS (1820)
OUT OF 10,037,323 PEOPLE, 15% CONSISTS OF SLAVES.
MISSOURI COMPROMISE (MAR., 1820)
ESTABLISHES THE 36 30' LINE TO SEPARATE FREE AND SLAVE AREASGH
I FEEL SAFE IN NYC (1820)
AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL ZION CHURCH CREATED IN NYC
NEW YORK (1827)
STATE OF NY ABOLISHES SLAVERY [WOO!]
THE VESEY PLOT (1821)
DENMARK VESEY AND A COUPLE FOLLOWERS THREATEN AN UPRISING IN SC
TARIFFS (1828)
TARIFF OF ABOMINATIONS ESTABLISHED TO SUPPORT INSUSTRY, HURTS SOUTH
DANIEL WEBSTER (1830)
'REPLY TO HAYNE' SPEECH STATES SC MUST CHOOSE BETWEEN LIBERTY AND UNION
BLACK ABOLITIONISTS (1830)
CIVIL RIGHTS ORG., NATIONAL NEGRO CONVENTION, IS FOUNDED
WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (1831)
LLYOD WRITES THE LIBERATOR, AN ABOLITIONIST JOURNAL
NAT TURNER REBELLION (1831)
SLAVE UPRISING THAT RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF 60 WHITES
TARIFF ACT (1832)
S. CAROLINA DECLARES TARIFFS NULL AND VOID, THREATENS "S" WORD
ORDINANCE OF NULLIFICATION (1832)
SC CONVENTION DECLARES TARIFFS VOID, LEGISLATURE TAKES ACTION
FORCE BILL (1832)
BILL THAT PERMITS PRESIDENTS TO USE ARMY AND NAVY TO ENFORCE LAW
COMPROMISE TARIFF ACT (1833)
REDUCED TARIFFS, AVERTED SUCCESSIONS IN THE SOUTH
BRITISH SLAVERY (1836)
SLAVERY IS ABOLISHED IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE [INFLUENTIAL]
THE HOUSE VS. SLAVERY (1836)
RESOLUTION PASSED TO CANCEL ACTION ON PETITIONS RELATING TO SLAVERY
SOGGY PAPERS (1837)
ELIJAH P. LOVEJOY WROTE OF AN END OF SLAVERY, COSTING HIM HIS LIFE
FREDRICK DOUGLAS' BOOK (1845)
DOUGLAS, A FORMER SLAVE, PUBLISHES HIS OWN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
JAMES D.B. DEBOW (1846)
DEBOW WRITES SOUTHERN MAGAZINE THAT PROMOTES SUCCESSION 😨
WILMOT PROVISO (1846)
DIDN'T PASS, WOULD PREVENT SLAVERY IN MEXICO [MEXICAN WAR]
JOHN C. CALHOUN (1847)
STATED SLAVERY LEGAL (OR SHOULD BE) IN ALL TERRITORIES
LEWIS CASS (1847)
INTRODUCES THEORY OF POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
FREE-SOIL PARTY (1848)
DEMANDED ENFORCEMENT OF WILMOT PROVISO, VAN BUREN IS PRES. CANIDATE
HARRIET TUBMAN (1849)
TUBMAN ESCAPES FROM MARYLAND AND GOES TO THIE SOUTH TO FREE SLAVES
COMPROMISE OF 1850
- FSA ACT IS ENABLED
- DC's slave trade is abolished
- Cali. joins union as a free state
- N. Mexico and Utah territories have no slavery restrictions
NASHVILLE CONVENTION (1850)
TALK OF SUCCESSION WHIRLS DUE TO COMPROMISE OF 1850 LAWS
UNCLE TOM'S CABIN (1852)
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE, ABOLITIONIST, WROTE THIS AGAINST PRO-SLAVERY
WILLIAM WALKER (1853)
TOOK OVER BAJI CALI. TO EXPAND SLAVERY [TEMPORARILY]
LECOMPTON CONSTITUTION (1854)
PRO-SLAVERY CONSTITUTION, RIDS KANSAS TERR. OF ANTI-SLAVERY LEGISLATURES
KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT (1854)
ACT OVERTURNED MISS. COMP. AND OPENS NORTH TO SLAVERY
BLOODY KANSAS (1855)
BORDER RUFIANS ENTER KANSAS TO INCREASE SOUTHERN VOTES [UH-OH]
SEN. CHARLES SUMNER (1856)
SUMNER GETS BEAT WITH CANE AFTER SPEECH ATTACKING PRO-SLAVERY
TARIFF OF 1857
TARIFFS LOWERED TO 20%, NORTH:NAY! SOUTH: YAY!
DRED SCOTT (1857)
SCOTT V. SANDFORD- 5TH AMENDMENT PROTECTS SLAVERY
JOHN BROWN (1859)
ATTACKED HARPER'S FERRY, HANGED FOR HIS ACTIONS TOWARDS ANTI-SLAVERY
CENUS 1860
SLAVES NOW ONLY TAKE UP 13% OF THE POPULATION , 2% DECREASE
FREEPORT DOCTRINE (1860)
- Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln face off in a race for a seat in the Senate
- Douglas shares his beliefs of Popular Sovereignty
- Lincoln supports anti-slavery saying all slaves are entitled to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
- Douglas wins the Senate seat for Illinois
LINCOLN BECOMES PRES. (1860)
WON BY A LANDSLIDE, BUT DID NOT HAVE NAME ON SOUTHERN BALLOTS
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S. CAROLINA SUCCEEDS (1860)
CLAIMED THE GOV. WAS BECOMING DESTRUCTIVE AGAINST SLAVE HOLDING STATES
