1. Road to the American Civil War
By Brennan Snyder

2. Map of Southern States Vs. Northern States

3. Slavery? Legal? Northern States believed in abolishing slavery
Southern States wanted to keep slavery
Benefited the south, not the north

4. Event 1: Compromise of 1850 Created by Henry Clay
Made to compromise beliefs of northerners and southerners
Kept the nation temporarily united

5. Event 2: . Fugitive Slave Act
Prohibition of slave-trading in the District of Columbia
Antislavery advocates gained the admission of California as a free state

6. Event 3: Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Book shows slavery is cruel and unjust

7. Event 4: Republican Party Formed
Combination of the Know-Nothing and Whig parties.
John C. Fremont was its first candidate, in 1856.
Lincoln was its first successful candidate, in 1860.

8. Event 5: Kansas Nebraska Act
Allowed people in Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not to allow slavery in their borders.
Act served to repeal the Missouri Compromise

9. Event 6: Pottawatomie Massacre
Abolitionists in Kansas kill five slave owners.
Increases problems between pro and anti slavery

10. Event 7: Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott was an African-American slave.
Claimed that Scott should be freed
Widened the political and social gap between North and South

11. Event 8: John Brown's Raid
A leader in and a promoter of lawlessness during the troubles in Kansas
Led his men into Ferry, Virginia to capture the federal buildings
Hoped to cause an uprising with African-Americans

12. Event 9: Abraham Lincoln Is Elected President
Thought too many of the southern states were succeeding
Stated slavery would no longer extend into new territories

13. Event 10: Confederate States of America Formed
Eleven southern states succeed from the rest of the country
Said that slavery should be legal.
Army led by Robert E. Lee

14. Work Cited http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2951.html