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Northwest Ordinance- GREEN
Economic: Established government for the Northwest Territory. It created a single Northwest Territory out of lands north of Ohio, territory could eventually be divided into 3-5 territories. Specified a population for 60,000 people as a minimum for statehood, guaranteed freedom of religion and the right to trail by jury to residents of the Northwest and prohibited slavery throughout territory. -
Missouri Compromise- GREEN
Political: The Missouri Compromise admitted Missouri as a slave sate and Main as a free state. Additionally, it drew a line from east to west along the 36 parallel, to divide the nation into halves. North of the 36,30 line would be free states, south would be slave states. -
Nat Turner Rebellion- RED
Political and Social: Nat Turner, a salve himself, led a rebellion of enslaved Virginians in Southampton County against slavery. They killed about 50 white people and 65 total. The rebellion worsened fear towards African American rebels and limited ideas of black education, religion and understanding of the world. -
The Gag Rule- GREEN
Political: James Hammond proposed the Gag Rule in 1835. The rule prohibited discussions and debates of anti-slavery petitions. It prevented the discussion of abolishing slavery. -
Amistad Case- RED
Political: A United States Supreme Court case resulting from the rebellion of Africans on board the Spanish schooner La Amistad. It influenced the abolitionist movement. Court rules that African Americans were illegally enslaved and had presented a fight for their freedom. -
Annexation of Texas- RED
Economic: Texas was admitted into the Union and declared it's independence from Mexico. -
Mexican War- RED
Social and Political: Mexican war was a conflict between the US.and Mexico over whether the boundary line of Texas ended at the Nueces River or the Rio Grande. The treaty of Guadalope Hidalgo was created in resolution. -
Wilmot Proviso- GREEN
Economic and Political: Representative David Wilmot of Pennsylvania, an antislavery Democrat, introduced an amendment to the appropriation bill prohibiting slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico.The bill was heavily debated for years. -
California Gold Rush- RED
Economic: James Marshall found gold at Sutter's Mill in CA. The news of gold findings quickly gained the attention of people on the east coast and San Francisco. About 300,000 people fled to California to find gold and even an increase of immigration occurred, specifically Chinese immigrants. The 49-er's, a large group of men, abandoned farms, jobs, families, homes and piled onto ships bringing what they could pack. -
The Compromise of 1850- RED
Political: The compromise consisted of 5 separate bills. Slave trade in D.C was banned however, slavery remained still. It declared a new boundary line for Texas which settled disputed between New Mexico. California was admitted as a free state into the Union. Utah and New Mexico were given the pro-slavery or anti-slavery choice and were established new territories. Additionally, the bill supported the Fugitive Slave Acts. -
Fugitive Slave Act- RED
Political:
The Fugitive Slave Act guaranteed slave-owners to recover an escaped salve from the North. The federal government was responsible finding, returning and trying escaped slaves. Later in 1850, the 2nd act was passed and it increased harsher penalties for runaway slaves and those who helped them. -
Publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin- RED
Social: Uncle Tom’s Cabin was an anti-slavery novel published by Harriet Beecher Stowe. The novels depicts the harsh realities of slavery and narrates the story of Uncle Tom, a slave, who shows heroic actions saving a little girls life and illustrates how love can overtake the institution of slavery. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act- RED
Economical: K-N Act created by Stephen Douglas, a democratic senator from Illinois, The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise as Stephen Douglas declared it unconstitutional. The act opened 2 new territories for white settlement and the legislatures were able to decide if they would be pro-slavery or anti-slavery. -
Ostend Manifesto- RED
Economic: Ostend Manifesto advocated U.S. seizure of Cuba from Spain. Occurred due to from of a slave revolt in Cuba similar to that in Haiti and from a desire to expand U.S. slave territory. Anti-slavery northerners were enraged and threatened to bring new free state into union. -
Dred Scott Decision- RED
Political: The United states Supreme court, specifically Roger Taney, denied Dred Scott his freedom as a African American. The decision denied the legality of black citizenship in America under article 5 of "due process" in the constitution and declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional. -
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry- RED
Political and Social: John Brown, an American abolitionist, led a slave insurrection in Harpers Ferry, VA. Brown alongside other abolitionist members (Higginson, Sanbron, Parker etc.) known as the "Secret Six" attacked and seized the U.S Arsenal Harpers Ferry. -
Crittenden Compromise- RED
Political: Compromise was an unsuccessful proposal to preserve slavery in the US. Constitution. It implied the inability to abolish slavery. The compromise also compensated owners of runaway salves, restored Missouri Compromise line of 36 degrees 30 degrees and called for the repeal of northern personal liberties.