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Missouri Compromise
The Missouri compromise took place in Missouri in 1820. This event took place because tensions began to rise between pro slavery and antislavery factions within the U.S. Congress and across the country. People having huge debates and struggles Took place in the Missouri compromise. -
Missouri Compromise
Henry clay was a huge leader in the Missouri compromise. The Missouri compromise impacted the country by regulating slavery in the country's western territories by prohibiting the practice in the former Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36°30′ north, except within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri. -
Wilmot Proviso
Wilmot Proviso took place in mexico on August 8, 1846. This event took place because they wanted to eliminated slavery in Mexican acquired areas after the war. People debated over whether the newly acquired land should be pro or anti slavery. -
Wilmot Proviso
The Wilmot Proviso act involved Wilmot Proviso and Jame k. Polk. it happened because they wanted to end slavery gradually on its own ,so why not make places were people who didn't like slavery could live.this act impacted history be having non slave states where people could go. -
Compromise of 1850
The compromise of 1850 first happens in Washington d.c in 1850. This event took place because of the Mexican-american war. The compromise of 1850 consists of five laws passed in September of 1850 that dealt with the issue of slavery. California was really involved in this matter and so was Henry clay. This impacted history by helping end slavery. -
Fugitive Slave Act
The fugitive slave act took place in in new York,Canada, Virginia, and Maryland in September, 1850. Congress was the man group that was involved in this subject. This happened because slaves were running away and they needed to catch them and bring them back to their owners. It impacted history by sending innocent slaves to the south.the people were forced by law to report slaves no matter if they were free or not because they could be charged with helping in illegal slave. -
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Uncle tom's cabin was written in 1852. The author of the book was Harriet Beecher Stowe's. She wrote the book to tell people how bad slavery was. Abraham lincoln once even told her "So you're the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war.". A result in the book being published was the changing forever of how Americans viewed slavery, the system that treated people as property. The story changed a lot of people who liked slavery into people who hated it. -
Kansas Nebraska Act/ Bleeding Kansas
the Kansas Nebraska Act / Bleeding Kansas was in 1854. The the Kansas Nebraska Act / Bleeding Kansas involved Kansan, Nebraska, anti slavery, and pro slavery people. the Kansas Nebraska Act / Bleeding Kansas was the fight to make kansas anti slavery or a slavery state. -
Kansas Nebraska Act/ Bleeding Kansas
The government hoped that kansas would be a anti slavery state and nebraska be a free state. Instead of what they wanted they had war in kansas which spilled lots of blood, and that's where the name bloody kansas comes from. This impacted the united states by making the abolitionist movement , and civil war. -
Dred Scott Case
The Dred Scott case was in 1857. The Dred Scott Case, lasted from 1846-1857. In its 1857 decision that stunned the nation, the United States Supreme Court upheld slavery in United States territories, denied the legality of black citizenship in America, and declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional. -
Dred Scott Case
The slave's owner had died when they were in a non slave area. Then dred scott with his wife fought for his freedom but lost . He lost because the judge had thought that a black person had no right to sew. This showed a lot of people how bad slaves wanted to be free. -
Lincoln Douglas Debate
The Lincoln Douglas debate went From August 21-October 15. The debate involved Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln in face to face debates around the state. Douglas wanted individual states to decide whether they wanted to be a slave state or a non slave state. Abraham lincoln wanted slavery to stop and not spread to the west. This impacted history be showing the two sides of slavery and how people wanted different things. In the end Douglas got his way and the states could choose. -
John Brown’s Raid
John brown's raid lasted October 16 1859 – October 18 1859. The raid involved a white abolitionist John Brown and 21 of his men.John brown's raid was in Harpers Ferry virginia. His raid was an effort to initiate an armed slave revolt in 1859. They wanted to promote peace by killing people and most people didn't like him. The north thought he was a good man and the south thought he was a horrible man. -
Lincoln’s Election of 1860
Lincoln's election of 1860 was the second highest voting numbers (82%). The people who ran were lincoln, douglas, breckinridge and bell. Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States over a deeply divided Democratic Party, becoming the first Republican to win the presidency. Lincoln won the electoral votes so he won and some people thought he got lucky. After lincoln was elected states in the south started leaving the union and the united states. -
Southern Secession
The southern secession lasted from April 12, 1861 to May 9, 1865. The southern session involved the border states of Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina joined the new government. The southern secession was an outbreak of the American Civil War. the country was split in two sides. The president of the south was jefferson davis.
