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Timeline of the civil warJoseph, Styles shippy, Joshua Bennett, Joshua Swann
Compromise of 1850
Who: Henry Clay
What: Fugitive slave act was amended, slave trade in Washington was abolished, California became a free state, territorial government was created in Utah, settling a boundary dispute between Texas and New Mexico, and established a territorial government in New Mexico were the five bills that made up the compromise of 1850.
When: January 29th, 1850
Where: United States Senate in the north wing of the Capital of Washington D.C.
Why: California wanted to become a Free State.
Perspective: North was happy/ South was mad
Fugitive Slave Act
Who: The confederate states, slave patrol (bounty hunters)
What: Allowed the south to capture and return runaway slaves. Some blacks were free living in free states but if the slave patrol thought you were a slave they would take you back to the person who set the ransom amount
When: September 18,1850 - ended in 1864
Where: All throughout the U.S.
Why: It sought to force the authorities in free states to return fugitive slaves to their masters
Perspective: south(yes) North( no)
Underground RailroadWho: Harriet tubman, northern abolitionist, free slaves, quakers
What: allowed slaves to escape to freedom through a network of routes within
the area
When: 1850-1860
Where: all across the southern states and to the northern states
Why: abolitionist and allies were sympathetic to their cause
Perspective: south(no) north( don't care)
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Who: Harriet Beecher Stowe
What: a abook about anti-slavery and it help lay the groundwork for the civil
war
When: March 20,1852
Where: All around the U.S.
Why: To voice concerns about slavery
Perspective: south( mad as crap) north(yes)
Kansa-Nebraska Act
Who - the northern government.
What- it was an act passed by the US congress to allow the states to decide if they wanted to allow slavery or not allow slavery.
When- May, 30, 1854
Where-kansas, nebraska
Why- because the north and the south disagreed so they let them decide.
Bleeding Kansas
What-a series of violent political confrontations in the United States When -1855 – 1861
Where -Kansas and Missouri
Why -Involving anti-slavery "Free-Staters" and pro-slavery "Border Ruffian", or "southern" elements in Kansas.
Northern: would have agreed with this because the result of this was a free state victory
Southern:Would have disagreed because the north won
Dred Scott Decision
Who:Dred scott and his wife, U.S. Supreme court, the supreme court of Missouri
What: a case on whether or not african americans were considered citizens
When: March 6,1857
Why: an african american was not given freedom even though they had lived in
a free state during the masters time in U.S. military
Perspective: South( yes they are with the decision),North( they feel it's not fair)
Caning of charles sumner
What-United States Senate, Representative Preston Brooks attacked Senator Charles Sumner , an abolitionist, with a walking cane in retaliation for a speech given by Sumner two days earlier in which he fiercely attacked slaveholders including a relative of Brooks.
Perspectives :Northers were enraged because a southern (Brooks) attacked a northern representative (Sumner)
Lincoln/Douglas debates
Who: Stephen Douglas and Abraham LIncoln
What: A series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln of the republican and Stephen Douglas of the Democratic party
When: Aug 21, 1858 – Oct 15, 1858
Where: All over Illinois
Perspectives: North sided with Lincoln South sided with Douglas
Secession
Who: Abraham Lincoln’s election
What: South Carolina leaving the Union.
When: December 20th, 1860 to June 8th, 1861
Where: Southern States/ South Carolina
Why: Abraham Lincoln’s election
Perspective: North will be infuriated/ South has mixed thoughts on the subject.
Election of 1860 Who: Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas, John C. Breckinridge, and John Bell
What: Presidential Election
When: 1860
Where: United States
Why: Lincoln wins with 40% of the vote which sparks Southern secession.
Perspectives: South sided with Douglas and leaves the U.S. because of his loss. North sided with lincon
Raid on Harpers Ferry Who: John Brown an abolitionist who believed armed insurrection was the only way to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States and his band.
What: overran the federal arsenal
When:10/16/1859-10/18/1859
Where: Harpers Ferry, WV
Northern perspective: Agree with John brown decision to raid
Southern perspective: hated brown’s decision to raid because Harpers Ferry is in the south
Battle of Fort Sumter
Who: U.S Major Robert Anderson
What: The North Provoked the South and the South then bombed Northern
militia. Abraham Lincoln was mostly the cause with him delivering equipment to
the Northern militia in the South, this initiated the Civil War. (last straw)
When: April 12th, 1861 to February of 1865
Where: Charleston Harbor, South Carolina or Fort Sumter
Why: Abraham sending equipment to Northern militia.
Perspective: North was mad for being bombed/ South angry for being provoked.
