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Slavery
Slavery played a big role, for the North did not want slaves and the South did. -
The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri compromise was an effort to keep the balance of power between slaves and free states. It was passed in the 1820 naming Missouri a slave state and Maine as a free one. This law did not allow slavery in the Louisiana territory. In 1854, the Missouri Compromise was repealed by the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Three years later the Missouri Compromise was declared unconstitutional -
The Fugitive Slave Law
In 1850 The Fugitive Slave Law was stated that in future any federal marshal who did not arrest a runaway slave could be fined $1,000. People suspected of being a runaway slave could be arrested without warrant. A suspected black slave could not ask for a jury trial. -
The Clay Compromise
The Clay Compromise was a package of five bills that ended a four year confrontation between the slave states of the South and the North that didn’t have slaves this was due to territorial expansion of the United States and whether the new territories should be free or allow for slaves. -
Kansas-Nebraksa Act
1854 The Kansas-Nebraska act created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and allowed settlers in those territories to determine if they would allow slavery within their boundaries. -
State Rights
The states right was an idea where each country had a right to make their own decisions. This started debates from all over. And one problem was with the slavery. -
John Brown Raided Harpers Ferry
1859 John Brown’s Raided Harper’s Ferry was when John and 20 other people including three free blacks, one freed slave, and one fugitive slave. They where hoping that they could start a rebellion that could over turn slavery. His plan failed and he was taken into custody and punished. -
Abraham Lincoln
1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected president that was against slaver. He was the first republican president and he got most of his votes from the North. After he was president states made it clear they were going to leave the union. -
The First Shot
April 1861 In Fort Sumter, South Carolina, was flying the U.S. flag, even as Confederate forces surrounded it. Lincoln decided he would resupply the ammunition but not reinforce it until Fort Sumter surrendered. In the craziness the first shot was fired.
