Events leading to the Civil War
First
African
America
n Slaves
arrive in
Virginia
in 1619
Missouri
Compromise 1820
adds two states
Maine and
Missouri as well
as 36.30
Northwest
Ordinance of
1787 establishes
Ohio River as
boundary of Free
and Slave States
Michael DeLeo
Social Studies
Uncle
Tom's
Cabin
Written
by
Harriet
Beecher
Stowe in
1852
1836
Congress
enacts
"Gag
Rule"
Nat Turner Slave
revolt in 1831
leads to stricter
rules against
slaves.
Compromise of
1850. Also
known as the
compromise that
pleased no one.
Abraham
Lincoln
elected
Presiden
t 1860
Dred Scott
Supreme Court
decision allows
slavery in all the
territories 1857
May 3, 2012
1st Period
Confeder
ates fire
on Fort
Sumter
to start
the Civli
War
April 12,
1861
Events leading to the Civil War
Michael DeLeo
Social Studies
May 3, 2012
1st Period