A House Divided

By lahal

  • The Compromise of 1850

    The Compromise of 1850 was a series of legislation put into effect that was aimed at easing tensions between free and slave states.

  • California Gains Its Statehood

    Following the Compromise of 1850, California was permitted to join the Union as a free state. This upset Southern slave holding states. To appeal to these states the Compromise, Congress strengthened the Fugitive Slave Act which made it easier for slave owners to capture their runaway slaves.

  • Publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Uncle Tom’s Cabin, written by Harriet Breecher Stow, was a novel that commented on the treatment of slaves as individuals and shed a light on the cruelties that slavery condones. This novel aided the abolitionist movement and fueled anti-slavery viewpoints in America leading up to the Civil War.

  • The Creation of the Republican Party

    As viewpoints shifted in the United States, the formation of different political parties (such as the Republican Party (GOP). This party stood against the expansion of slavery to the country’s new territories and for slavery’s abolition.

  • Kansas-Nebraska act

    well, Candace Nebraska actor was an act signed in the wall by Franklin Pierce in 1854, which removed the restrictions on expansion of slavery As outlined in the Missouri compromise. this aloud states to vote on whether a slavery will be allowed within .the territory

  • The Caning of Charles Sumner

    A representative from South Carolina attacked a senator, Charles Sumner, in the Senate chamber, following an anti-slavery speech Sumner gave.

  • Lincoln Speaks at the Illinois State Capital

    Senatorial candidate and future president, Abraham Lincoln, in a speech identifies slavery as a moral and political issue that threatens the continued existence of United States. In this speech Lincoln declares, “A house divided against itself can not stand.”

  • Abraham Lincoln Elected as President

    Abraham Lincoln, as a candidate, ran on a platform which had the goal to end the spread of slavery into new territories. This event led to the secession of the Southern states and to the start of the Civil War.