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Wilmot Proviso
(Picture: This photo is of the actual Wimont Proviso, and what is said on it.)
The Northerners thought that the Southerners wanted the territory from the War with Mexico, so that they could extend slavery. They feared that the balance of slavery would become unbalanced, so the bill known as the Wilmot Proviso. The bill passed Congress, but the Southerners made sure that it did not pass the Sentate. -
Compromise of 1850
(Picture: This is a photo of one of the pages in the Compromise of 1850.)
Both the North and the South were scared of what would happen when California became a state. Most wanted California to be a free state, but some did not. The South said that they should make the North half free, and the Southern half a slave state. It ended up being a whole free state. -
Fugitive Slave Act
(Picture: This is a picture of a warning to all colored people free and runaway slaves that people from the south have been kidnapping free blacks, and capturing slaves.)
The Fugitive Slave Act was a law that stated slaves were to be returned to their owners. Also, slave catchers were allowed to roam Northern territory to get slaves back. This enraged the Northerners because they were forced to help capture the slaves. The South liked having it because they got their slaves back. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This is a novel that explained the cruelty and immoraity of slavery. Though it was popular in the North, the South thought it was a false image of the South and slavery. -
Formation of the Republican Party
(Picture: This is a photo of the republican logo.)
After the Whig Party started to separate, a new politcal party called the Republican Party was formed. It was formed by Northern Whigs who opposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act. This party was anti slavery and sectional party that looked to protect the intrests of the North. -
Bleeding Kansas
(Picture: John Brown leading the masacar.)
A proslavery mob attacked a town call Lawrance, Kansas. Then a massacar of 8 men, led by John Brown. After that a civil war broke out in Kansas and continued for 3 years. -
Kansas/ Nebraska Act
(Picture: Maps of acts and compromises, including the Kansas Nebraska Act.)
A bill to organize the Nebraska Territory drafted by Senator Douglas. It proposed to divide the territory into two parts which were Kansas and Nebraska. -
Caning of Charels Sumner
(Picture: A picture of Sumner being beaten bye Brooks.)
Charels Sumner spoke against proslavery forces in Kansas. This speach insulted A.P. Butler, so a relative of Bulter named Preston Brooks attacked Sumner. He was beaten with a cane, and was diabled for years. -
Dred Scott Case
(Picture: Portrait of Dred Scott.)
Scott had been an enslaved person in Missouri, but he had lived in free states before he was taken to Missouri after his owner died. When his case reached the Supreme Court, he lost. He lost because the cheif justice stated that he was not a U.S. citizen, therefore he could not sue the courts and that he was bound to Missouri's slave code because that is where he lived. -
Attack at Harpers Ferry
(Picture: John Brown leading the massacre.)
Brown and 18 followers took the Harpers Ferry arsenal. He sent the word to rally slaves and arm the, but none came. Brown and his followers were attacked by U.S. Marines, and he and 6 of his men were captured. Ten of his men were killed, and the rest escaped. -
Election of 1860
(Picture: Abraham Lincoln.)
During this election, the Democrat party split in two (North and South) because of beleifs. There were four canidates for this election, Abraham Licoln (the Republicans), Stephen A. Douglas (Northern Democrats), John Breckinridge (Southern Democrats), and John Bell (the Constitutional Union Party). Lincoln and Douglas had much support in the North. The other two had the South's support. Lincoln ended up winning the election. -
Secession
(Picture: the progress of secession in the United States in the 1860's.)
Starting with North Carolina, states started to secede from the United States. The North ruled this secession as unconstitutial while the South started writing their own constitution. Some people searched for some sort of compromise, but it ended up not happening.
