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Missouri Compromise
Missouri admitted as a slave state.
Maine admitted as a free state. -
Compromise of 1850
California comes in as a free state.
Slave trade banned in Washinton D.C.
Stronger Fugitive Slave Law -
Fugitive Slave Act-1850
Fugitive Slave Act was passed.
Required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Showed slavery to be a cruel and brutal system.
300,000 copies sold. -
Conflict in Kansas 1854-1856
Proslavery and antislavery groups immediately rush into Kansas.
More 6,000 vote in Kansas election.
1,000s of Border Ruffians crossed from Missouri to Kansas.
Violence breaks out.
Proslavery forces attack city of Lawrence, antislavery capital -
Kansas Nebraska Act
No slavery above 36"30' line, they would be free states. -
Violence in Congress
Violence occurs in US. Congress.
Sen. Charles Sunmer gave speech called the "Crimes Against Kansas"
Rep. Preston Brooks attacked Sunmer with a cane, beating him senseless. Sunmer didn't return to Senate for 2 years -
Dred Scott Case
Slave owned by an army doctor in Missouri
In 1930s, doctor moved to Illonis, a free state, then to Wisonsin Territory, where slavery was banned.
Doctor returned to Missouri and he died in 1846.
Scott sued for his freedom.
A test to see how the Supreme Court would rule on slavery
Ruling given by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney: as a slave, Dred Scott had no right to sue
Slaves were property.
Ruling meant that the Constitution protected slavery! -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Series of 7 debates for the Illinois seat for Congress.
Between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas.
Main issue debated was SLAVERY.
Douglas will win the Senate seat by a narrow margin, but Lincoln now gains national attention. -
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
John Brown, 16 men, 2 of Brown's sons, and 5 African Americans raided Harper's Ferry, VA
Targets the arsenal and armory in town
To get weapons and ammo into the hands of slave to start an armed rebellion against slaveholders.
John Brown caputred by Robert E. Lee and given a trial in Jefferson County, VA
Verdict is guily and sentece is death by hanging on Dec. 5.
Last words "I, John Brown am quite certain that the crimes of this guily land will never be purged away but with blood." -
Election of 1860
Main Issue; Slavery.
Winner is Abraham Lincoln.
Runner up is Stephen A. Douglas -
The South Secedes
Southern states begin to secede.
South believe's in States' rights.
South Carolina secedes first on Dec. 20
By February 1862, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia had also seceded.
Formed their own government: The Confederate States of America
Chose Jefferson Davis as their President -
Firing on Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter, located in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.
Fort low on supplies and asks Pres. Lincoln to send them.
Pres. Jefferson ordered the fort attacked and taken before supplies arrived.
Fort held out for 33 hours before the Union forces surrendered.
Now NC, VA, AK secede.
