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Was the Civil War inevitable?
Was the Civil War inevitable?
1787
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It bans slavery north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi
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1788
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It is ratified with the 3/5th compromise which was that a slave was considered 3/5th of a person so that the southern states would have more representatives during voting.
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1800 - 1810
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Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana enter the Union as free states.
1800 - 1810
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Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama enter the Union as slave states.
1819
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Missouri applies for statehood as a slave state.
1819
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There were 11 free states and 11 slave states.
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1821
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Missouri enters as a slave states and Maine enters as a free states. A law states that at the latitude 36 30 is the line and North of that slavery will be banned.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/USA_Territorial_Growth_1820_alt.jpg
1821
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William Lloyd Garrison published the abolishionist newspaper called "The Liberator" which was a paper explaining to the people why slavery should be abolished.
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1845
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Frederick Douglass publishes his narrative about his experience of slavery.
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1848
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US signs a treaty with Mexico and obtains Mexican cession territory.
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1849
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California applies for statehood as a free state.
1849
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Harriet Tubman escapes by using the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad was a way for slaves to escape easily and find a safe place to stay until they reached the North/ free states.
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1850
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Henry Clay proposes the Compromise of 1850.
California enters as a free state.
Two new territories, New Mexico and Utah, are open to slavery.
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The slave trade in D.C. is ended.
A new Fugitive Slave law is passed.
1852
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Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
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1854
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Congress passes the Kansas Nebraska Act; the issue of slavery in both states will be decided based on popular sovereignty.
1854
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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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Senator Charles Sumner is caned in the Senate.
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.
November 1860
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In November, Abraham Lincoln, a Republican, wins the election of 1860 with less than 40% of the vote.
December 1860
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In December, South Carolina secedes from the Union.
1861
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jefferson davis is elected president
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march 1861
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april 12 1861
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Southern forces fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, beginning the Civil War.
1789 - 1797
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1797 - 1801
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1801 - 1809
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1809 - 1817
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1817 - 1825
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1825 - 1829
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1829 - 1837
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1837 - 1841
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April, 1841 - 1845
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1845 - 1849
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1849 - July, 1850
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1853 - 1857
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1861 - 1865
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