Timeline: Fill in the missing act, event, group, or person…
Timeline: Fill in the missing act, event, group, or person to complete this timeline about the causes of the Civil War. (10 questions – be sure to scroll down.) Word bank: Harriet Beecher Stowe Roger Taney Jefferson DavisJohn Brown Preston Brooks Charles SumnerAbraham Lincoln Stephen Douglas Harriet TubmanFrederick Douglass South Carolina GeorgiaAlabama Uncle Tom’s Cabin Ft. NecessityKansas-Nebraska border ruffians copperheadsscalawags Dred Scott v. Sanford Gibbons v. OgdenCrittenden Compromise Wilmot Proviso Ft. SumterThe Impending Crisis in the South 1850 – Compromise of 1850 1852 – ____________ The publication of this book by Harriet Beecher Stowe was denounced in the South, but became a bestseller in the North. 1854 – ____________ Stephen Douglas introduced the bill to organize this area west of Missouri and Iowa as territories to facilitate building a trans-continental railroad. 1855 – ____________ The name given to the group of people who would cross into “Bleeding Kansas” to help create a pro-slavery government. 1856 – _____________ This Senator was beaten unconscious after his speech “The Crime Against Kansas.” 1856 – _____________ This Supreme Court case ruled that the Plaintiff had no right to sue in federal court. 1857 – Panic of 1857 1858 – ____________ Name one of the men who publicly debated for the Illinois Senate seat. 1859 – ____________ This man led a raid on Harper’s Ferry. 1860 – Election of 1860 – ____________ This compromise was a last ditch effort to preserve the Union. – ____________ This state was the first to secede two days after the failure of the previous compromise. – ___________ The remaining four southern states seceded after Lincoln re-supplied this fort, and southerners viewed it as a hostile act.