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Missouri Compromise
This was an agreement put forward by Henry Clay that allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and Maine to enter the Union as a free state. The Missouri Compromise also drew an imaginary line dividing the Louisiana Territory into one north (free states) and one south (slave states). -
Tariff of Abominations
The tariff of 1828 was a protective tariff designed to protect industry in the Northern United States. It was anmed the Tariff of Abominations by its southern critisizers and the effects that it ha on the souther economy. Its purpose was to protect all the indutries in the North by taxing foreign goods but it angered the South because it had negative effects on their economy. Of course the South was angered. -
Nat Turner´s Rebellion
This was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton, Virginia county. The rebellion was led by Nat Turner and 55 from 65 people were killed, the highest number of deaths caused by any slave uprising in the South of America. The state executed 56 slaves accused for beign part of the rebellion, which was supressed at Belmont Plantation -
Texas Annexation
Mexico allowed U.S citizens to settle in Texas, but many refused to follow the Mexican rules or learn their cultures. This included learning Spanish and becoming Catholic. In 1830 Mexico issued an official order closing its border to immigrants. Tejanos and Americans began to plan on breaking away from Mexico when negotiations failed with the U.S. At the Alamo, Mexican General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna defeated the Texans but time was gained for other groups to organize and fight. -
Continuation of Texas Annexation
In March 2, 1836 the Texans declared indipendence. Finally in 1836 Texans elected Samuel Houston as their president. Houston wanted the U.S to take control over Texas but Jackson refused because he knew it would upset the balance of free states and slave states. In 1845 Texas joined the Union as a slave state. This did not made the North happy and made more conflicts to rise. -
Mexican American War
Before Mexico recieved independence, the Spanish were worried about U.S citizens claiming land, but they did allow traders to come through Santa Fe. After Mexico recieved indipendence California became a Mexican State. In 1840 americans wanted to add California to the Union because it bordered the Pacific Ocean, so President Polk decided he was going to get New Mexico and California from Mexico. Polk sent some troops into the disputed territory of the Rio Grande just to make Mexicans tense. -
Continuation of Mexican American War
In April 25, 1846 Mexican troops attacked American forces, and thanks to this in May 13, congress passed a declaration of War. American settlers in Northern California had begun an uprising and on June 14, 1846 the declared California indipendent, and it became part of the U.S. Finally, in February 2, 1848 Mexico´s leaders signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the U.S paid Mexico 15 million and assumes 3.25 million dollars in Mexico´s debt. -
Continuation of Compromise of 1850
Slavery was maintained in the nation's capital, but the slave trade was prohibited. Finally, a fugitive slave law was pased, which required all northern states to return slave fugitives to the South. Allthough the North and the South both gained something the North seemed to have gained more. The balance of the Senate was now with the free states, and the South did not like this at all. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a package of bill passed in the U.S regarding the territories acquired during the Mexican American War. All this calmed confrontation between the slave states in the South and the free states in the North. The results were: California entered the Union as free state, the south was guaranteed that no federal restrictions on slavery would be placed on Utah or New Mexico. Texas lost its boundary claims in New Mexico, but the Congress compensated Texas with $10 million. -
Uncle Tom´s Cabin
Uncle Tom´s Cabin, by HARRIET BEECHER STOWE was a book that caused a great uproar. The book is a series of short stories based on real experiences that had the author whith runaway slaves, and across the north readers became aware of the horrors of slavery on a far more personal level than ever before. In the south the book was met with outrage and thought of it as distortions and overstatements. In the North Stowe´s readers hardly enforced the fugitive slave law. -
Continuation of Uncle Tom´s Cabin
Ten years after the publication of the book, the British people made it difficult for its government to support the Confederacy, even though there were strong economic ties to the South. The book had various impact on the Civil War and made things very tense in the Union -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This act created the states of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new land for settlement. This angered the North because those new states would enter as slave states to the Union and unbalance the U.S. -
Birth of Republican Party
The party was founded by anti-slavery activists in 1854. It dominated politics nationally from 1860 to 1932. There have been 18 republican presidents, the first was Abraham Lincoln who played a huge roll in the Civil War. -
Dredd Scott v.s Sanford
It was a landmark decision bu the US Supreme Court in which the court said that African Americans, wether enslaved or free, could not be American citizens. This angered the North because they wanted equality for everyone and this descriminated terribly the African Americans. -
Lincoln Douglas Debates
This was a series of seven debates between Lincoln and Douglas (both president candidates at the time) on which all seven were about slavery. This angered both the North and the South because Lincoln was angainst slavery, while Douglas was in favor of it. Both wanted their candidate to win and tension grew. -
John Brown´s Raid on Harpers Ferry
This was an attempt by the white abolitionist John Brown to start an armed slave revolt by seizing a Unites States arsenal at Harpers Virginia. This angered the South because the African Americans were revolting and this terified, and angered them. -
Lincoln´s Election
Lincoln was elected as the 16th president of the United States of America. In elections he defeated Stephen A. Douglas, John C. Breckinbridge, and John Bell. He was the first president of the Republican party, and he won due to the strenght and support he recieved from the North and from the West. This angered greatly the South becuase Lincoln was against slavery and he had just become the leader of the US. -
Bleeding Kansas
In 1854 the Kansas-Nebraksa Act overturned the Missouri Compromise’s use of latitude as the boundary between slave and free territory and instead, used the popular sovereignty, the residents would determine whether the area became a free state or a slave state. Proslavery and free-state settlers flooded into Kansas to try to influence the dessicion. Soon violence erupted as both sides fought for control
