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Uncle Toms Cabin
Uncle Toms Cabin was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. A anti-slaver Northerner who wanted show both the North and South the true life of a slave. This book upset the South because they felt it “misrepresented slavery”. They resented the book so much to the point that they wouldn’t deliver it to anyone who ordered it in the South. This book allowed the North to see what really went downin the South and justhow bad slavery was. -
Republican Party
The Republican Party was formed to combat the expansion of slavery. His new party was formed by Horace Greeley, Henry Raymond, Alvan Bovay, and many others. This party was mainly/only supported by Northerners because they saw no need for slavery while the South couldn’t live without it. This party created a bit of tension between the North and South because the South felt that the North was going against the grain. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise and created new pieces of land. With this new creation of land, the states had to decide which pieces of land would be slave or free ststaes. This is when the new act comes into play, which also allowed for popular sovereignty to reign. The people who resided in the states were now the ones who decided on the status of the states. But with this system, balanced could be lost in slave state to free state ratio. -
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Bloody Kansas
Bloody Kansas was the time period where pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces fought eachother and had many disagreements pertaining to the slavery situation. -
Brooks-Sumner Incident
The Brooks-Sumner incodent took place in the Senate Chamber in the U.S. The North and South were discussing the issue of slavery, how they should split the states evenly, and whether or not slavery is needed or should be expanded. Sumner went on and spoke on how he felt about slavery, and his words were just to much for Sumner to bear, so he hit him on the head with his metal cane repeatedly and injured Brooks. The South praised him for this act, but this made the North see them as monsters. -
Election 1856
In the election of 1856, the democratic and republican party were running against eachother. The democrat party defeated the republican party in this election. This election is important because ut is one of the first times where the democratic party, which mainly consisted of pro-slavery personnel, won an election. This meantthat the laws and acts passed from now on would most likely please the South more than the North. -
Dred Scott
The Dred Scott case raised many issues. Some was whether or nothe was considered a citizen, If he was really a freeman, and was the Missouri Compromise Constitutional.In this case, it was ruled that Scott was not a citizen because he was of African descent. This decision made it seem like slavery was permitted everywhere, being that a free black man in the North was still looked at as property. -
House Divided Speech
The House Divided Speech delivered by Lincoln adresses the government of the U.S and the Union. Lincoln expresses that the nation will not get stronger if everyone in the Union is not one one accord. He encourages them to settle their differences and stop fighting for the sake of the nation. He also expresses how freedom for all cannot existin a nation where slavery was accepted by most. This speech lets the states know that they ALL have to accept slavery or ALL have to deny it. -
Lincoln Douglas Debates
The Licoln Douglas debates were a series of debates beteween Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas. Their debates focused on the affects of slavery on society and politics. Stephen argued that the states should maintain popular sovereignty and have a say on whether or not slavery should be accepted, so it could die out on its own, but Lincoln argued against the expansion of slavery and simply wanted to outlaw it. These debates represented the thoughts and logic of both the South and North. -
LeCompton Constitution
The LeCompton Constitution was a document created by Pro-slavery people in Kansas. This Constitution protected their right to slavery and excluded free slavs from the Bill of Rights. This document caused a huge issue because if it were to be passed and signed, it would make Kansas a slave state, which would upset the balance between the North and South. This imbalance would affect their number of seats in congress and give them more power. -
Harpers Ferry
John Brown and his men headed to Harpery Ferry to start a slave revolt. They went and took the weapons and arsenal, and tried to arm the slaves so they could escape to freedom. But Browns plan failed and he was captured and put on trial. He was found guilty of treason and was sentenced to death. -
John Brown
John Brown was a popular abolitionist who made it his goal to stop slavery amd its expansion. He had a different belief in the stopping of skavery than others. He believed it had to be abolished through agression. He organized raids and conventions to spread his ideas. -
Election 1860
The Election of 1860 consisted of two parties. The Southern Democratic and the Ruplican Party. This election was nerve wrecking for the South because it was a huge chance that the Republican party could win the election for the first time in a long time, which could affect their slavery agenda, being that the Republican party wanted to stop the expansion of slavery and the Democratic Party wanted to do the opposite. And just as the South feared, the Democratic Party won. Lincoln was elected. -
Secession
The seccion was when all the Southern States departed from the Union. Southern states seceeded from the Union because of disagreements over tariffs, and to protect their rights and foundation of slavery. They also seceded because Lincoln was elected president and he wanted to stop the spread of slavery, whereas they wanted to expand it. -
Lincolns 1st Inaugural Adress
On March 4th of 1861, Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the U.S and was sworn into office. Being that this was his Inauguration day he gave a speech. In his speech he adressed slavery, his opinion about it, and whether or not it will stick around. In his adress he says that he will not interfere with slavery where it already exists. This part of the speech is pleasing to the South because the last thing they want is to be stripped of their slaves. This limits tension in the South