A Biography of America
The Coming of the Civil War – Key Events
1848
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends Mexican War
1850
Compromise of 1850, including Fugitive Slave Law
1852
Publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
1854
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Anthony Burns case
1856
Lawrence, Kansas raid
Pottawatomie Creek Massacre
Brooks attacks Sumner in Senate
1857
Dred Scott case
1859
Harpers Ferry raid
1860
South Carolina secedes
1861
Fort Sumter