People
Places
Laws
Conflict
Miscellaneous
100

I was President during the Indian Removal Act and Trail of Tears

Andrew Jackson

100

I was admitted as a slave state during the Missouri Compromise

Missouri

100

I returned slaves to their owners and punished people that helped them escape

Fugitive Slave Law

100

I raided a federal arsenal to start a slave revolt

John Brown

100

I was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War 

Antietam

200

I wanted a trascontinental railroad and debated Lincoln in 1858. 

Stephen Douglas

200

I was admitted as a free state during the Missouri Compromise

Maine

200

I admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state

Missouri Compromise

200
Pro and Anti-slavery forces flooded into Kansas to Threaten people to vote for their side

Bleeding Kansas

200

South Carolina threatened to secede after a new tariff made it impossible for south to import goods

Nullification

300

My election caused the outbreak of the Civil War

Abraham Lincoln

300

We were the two states that made up the Gadsden Purchase

Arizona and New Mexico

300

I helped the government make people obey the laws

Force Bill

300

I was an attack by the Confederacy on the Union

Fort Sumter 

300

This action brought in many new states after the Mexican American War 

Mexican Cession

400

I sued the government for my freedom after going from a slave state to a free state.

Dred Scott

400

I was admitted as a free state under the Compromise of 1850

California

400

I banned the slave trade in D.C., made California a free state, and tightened the Fugitive Slave Law

Compromise of 1850

400

I admitted Kansas and Nebraska as states with popular sovereignty 

Kansas-Nebraska Act
400

We were the group that went to find gold in California

49ers

500

I discovered Gold at Sutter's Mill in California

John Marshall

500

The slave trade was banned here under the Compromise of 1850

Washington, D.C.

500

Federal Laws did not apply in Native American lands

Worcester v. Georgia

500

I was the first battle of the Civil War where Stonewall Jackson led the Confederates to victory 

Bull Run

500

Lincoln and Douglas campaigned for Illinois Senate during 7 events

Lincoln-Douglas Debates

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