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This legislation admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state at the same time, so as not to upset the balance between slave and free states in the nation.
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slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia -
Rebellion suppressed; Participants tried and executed or sold
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Dred Scott was an enslaved African American man who sued for his freedom. -
a series of measures proposed by U.S. Senator Henry Clay and passed by the U.S. Congress to settle several issues connected to slavery and avert the threat of dissolution of the Union. -
Congress passed an act that required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state -
Sixteen people were killed in the raid, including ten of Brown's men. John Brown, Aaron Stevens, Edwin Coppoc, Shields Green, and John Copeland were taken to jail in Charles Town, Virginia, on October 19. Then on 2 December 1859, Brown was hanged in Charles Town.
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strong anti-slavery stance, its impact on public opinion, and the cultural and racial implications of its characters and themes. The story goes over Eliza and her son escaping north, while Uncle Tom is sold south. The book highlights the clash between Christian faith and slavery, ending with Tom's martyrdom inspiring others to renounce slavery. -
a series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas Territory, and to a lesser extent in western Missouri -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty. -
Shortly after the Senate had adjourned for the day, Brooks entered the old chamber, where he found Sumner busily attaching his postal frank to copies of his "Crime Against Kansas" speech. Moving quickly, Brooks slammed his metal-topped cane onto the unsuspecting Sumner's head -
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.
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Douglas argued that white people should decide for themselves whether or not to allow it, while Lincoln claimed slavery was immoral and should eventually be abolished. -
Lincoln is considered to have won the debates, as he gained more popular votes than Douglas
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John Brown, a staunch abolitionist, and a group of his supporters left their farmhouse hide-out en route to Harpers Ferry. Descending upon the town in the early hours of October 17th, Brown and his men captured prominent citizens and seized the federal armory and arsenal. -
The Republican Party ticket of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin emerged victorious in a four-way race. -
The anti-slavery forces prevailed as Kansas entered into the Union a free state
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who had been elected president of the Provisional Government of the Confederacy as a compromise between moderates and radical was confirmed by the voters for a full six-year term -
Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina's Charleston Harbor. This event has been used to mark the beginning of the Civil War. -
Less than 34 hours later, Union forces surrendered. -
General-in-Chief Winfield Scott proposed the "Anaconda Plan," a strategy to defeat the Confederacy by strangling it through a naval blockade of Southern ports and controlling the Mississippi River.