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The Missouri Compromise
Missouri enters as a slave state and Maine enters as a free state, The 36'30 line was drawn and separated where slavery was allowed and where it was not. -
Compromise of 1850
It was decided whether or not your state was a slave state based on popular sovereignty. The border issues between New Mexico and Texas were settled, the issues discussed in this compromise were temporarily better but went downhill as time went on. -
Fugitive Slave Law
This law states that it was required to catch slaves who were making an attempt at freedom, people who were caught not following this law were charged or faced jail time. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
In 1852, a novel written by Harriett Beecher Stowe put the issues of slavery into the light and brought a change of many northern views, the South disagreed with this book and claimed it to be false. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
A dispute over Popular Sovereignty that caused violence in the Senate, two groups of people with different beliefs were clashing back and fourth with their beliefs. -
Pottawatomie Creek Killings
John Brown and 4 of his sons rode into a small town and pulled 5 pro-slavery advocates. They then killed them. Many Northerners were shocked at this chain of events. -
Dred Scott Decision
A slave named Dred Scott tried to file a lawsuit for his freedom after his owner died. The court rules Dred Scott was property rather than a citizen and he lost the case. They also ruled congress could not ban slavery in any of the territories. This repealed the Missouri Compromise which meant slavery could spread into all territories. -
Lincoln-Douglass Debate
Douglass and Lincoln debated. Douglass believed slavery should spread by popular sovereignty while Lincoln believed slavery should not be allowed to spread in the territories. -
Raid on Harpers Ferry
John Brown rode into Harpers Ferry with 5 blacks and 13 whites with the intention of raiding the arsenal and starting a slave revolt. However, no slaves rose to help and Johns group had been killed. John was then arrested, charged, and hung. Many Northerners believed he dies as a martyr. -
Election of 1860
The election was Lincoln and Douglass facing head to head, Douglass had a large amount of support yet ultimately still lost the election. Southerners felt this invalidated their opinions and showed that the North was too powerful which caused an even further division of the country
