Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854

Beating of Charles Summer
May 22, 1856

Compromise of 1850

Missouri Compromise
1820

The Publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin
1852

"Bleeding" Kansas
1856

Dred Scott v. Sanford
(1857)

John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry, VA
(1859)

Election of 1860

Secession of South Caroline
Dec. 20, 1860

Seizing of Fort Sumter
April 12, 1861