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Was the Civil War inevitable?
Was the Civil War inevitable?
1787
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bans slavery north of Ohio River and east of the Mississippi. https://users.wfu.edu/zulick/340/maps/usamapNWT.gif
1788
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1800 - 1810
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Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana enter Union as free states.
Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama enter Union as slave states. https://userscontent2.emaze.com/images/49f41679-71ad-4ed6-bf79-4c9b0b25f5be/e6d1ac731f729ecc827b5225d7e746e7.png
1819
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Number of free states = 11; Number of slave states = 11
Missouri applies for statehood as a slave state https://www.autismspeaks.org/sites/default/files/images/government_affairs/missouri_flag.png
1821
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Missouri Compromise is passed: Missouri enters as a slave state; Maine enters as a free state. The law draws a line at latitude 36 30: North of that line slavery was banned http://www-tc.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/df/35/df354d32-5c50-42ff-977c-1a6dc86b82d5/lincolns_shifting_1820.jpg__500x320_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg
1821
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William Loyd Garrison publishes it
1845
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1848
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acquires Mexican cession territory.
1849
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1849
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1850
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California enters as a free state.
Two new territories, New Mexico and Utah, are open to slavery.
The slave trade in D.C. is ended.
A new Fugitive Slave law is passed.
1852
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1854
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he issue of slavery in both states will be decided based on popular sovereignty.
The Republican Party is established to oppose the Kansas Nebraska Act and the Fugitive Slave Law.
1856
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“Bloody Kansas”: violence breaks out between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces in Kansas.
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1856
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John Brown massacres 5 proslavery men in Pottawatomie, Kansas.
1857
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The Supreme Court hands down the Dred Scott decision: African-Americans are not citizens; Missouri Compromise line is unconstitutional.
1859
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John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia; Brown is captured and hung.
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1860
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In November, Abraham Lincoln, a Republican, wins the election of 1860 with less than 40% of the vote.
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1860
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In December, South Carolina secedes from the Union.
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1861
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In March, President Lincoln is inaugurated.
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1861
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The Confederate States of America is formed; Jefferson Davis is elected president.
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April 12, 1861
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On April 12, 1861, Southern forces fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, beginning the Civil War.
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