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Wilmot Proviso
Representive of Pennslyvaina David Wilmont propoosed a bill known as the Wilmont Proviso which outlawed slavery to any territory the U.S. might accquire from the war with Mexico. Picture: THe bill that was proposed -
Compromise of 1850
The compromise of 1850 was an intricate package of five bills that were passed, defusing a four year confronation between the slave states and the free states. Picture: A map showing slave states and free states -
Fugutive Slave Act
This was one of those most controversial acts of the 1850 compromise and heightened Northern fears of a slave power conspiracy. Picture: A caution sign for colored people -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
An anti-slavery novel written by american author, Harriet Stowe Picture: The novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opened new lands, repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and allowed settlers in those territories to determine if they would allow slavery within their boundaries. Picture: A map showing the boundries and borders of slavery -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas was a proxy war between Northerners and Southerners over the issue of slavery in the United States. The term "Bleeding Kansas" was coined by Horace Greeley of the New York Tribune; the events it encompasses directly presaged the American Civil War. Picture: Fighting at War -
Caning of Charles Sumner
Senator Sumner spoke against the pro-slavery forces in Kansas and insulted the se.nator of south Carolina, and when he heard about Sumner's speach he attacked Sumner and beat him unconsious with his cane which led to disablitly for Sumner. Picture: Senator Sumner -
Formation of Republican Party
The Northern whigs joined with other rivals and formed the Republican party. The Republican party was both an anit-slavery party and a sectional party that sought to protect the interests of the north. Picture: Republican Party icon -
The Case of Dred Scott
Scott had been an enslaved person in Missouri until his owners death, they would not let him be a free man so he argued that he had lived in territories where slavery was illegal. Scott's wife and his two daughters sued the court for thier freedom, and the court ruled against Scott. Picture: Dred Scott -
Attack on Harper's Ferry
John Brown, who had murdered pro-slavery Kansans three years before wanted to provoke a slave uprising. He planned to capture the wepons of the U.S. arsenal at Harpers Ferry. Picture: Harper's ferry -
Secession
Northerns considered the secession of the Southern states to be Unconstutional. President Buchanan argued againsted the secession because he felt that the states did not have the right to withdraw from the Union. Because of these isues secession raised the isue of majority rule. -
Election of 1860
The election of 1860 turned into two different races for the presidnecy-one in the North and one in the South. Lincoln and Douglas were the only candidates with much support in the North. Breckinridge and Bell competed for Southern votes. Picture: This shows the electoral and popular vote from the percentages of the states.
