-
Missouri Compromise
Henry Clay wrote the Missouri Compromise that added two states to the union so congress would be balanced. Main was added as a free state while Missouri was added as a slave state. Anything above the Missouri Compromise line was considered free land. -
Wilmot Proviso
Wilmot Proviso prohibited the expansion of slavery into any territory acquired by the United States from Mexico as a result of a settlement in the Mexican-American War. I was intended to resolve the final negotiations of the Mexican American War. -
Compromise of 1850
The compromise of 1850 were a series of laws meant to stop slavery. The North and South were frustrated and the compromise failed. This allowed slavery to potentially grow above the Missouri Compromise line. Attempted to limit slavery in certain parts of the US like Washington DC and California. -
Fugitive Slave Act
It was a law that required slaves to be brought back if escaped. It was apart of the 1850 compromise to stop slavery. Northerns were angry as they had to be apart of slavery. It was passed by Congress on September 18, 1850. -
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin is an anti slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War by showing Americans what slavery really is. This influenced how people thought of slavery like the people in the North to become more opposed to slavery. It helped make slavery less popular by making the slave owners look bad. -
Kansas Nebraska Act / Bleeding Kansas
The act allowed Kansas to use a popular vote so people could vote for Kansas to become a free or slave state. Stephen A. Douglas created the Kansas Nebraska Act on 1854. The Kansas Nebraska Act was passed by Congress on May 30, 1854. The Act served to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery to the north. -
Dred Scott Case
The Dred Scott Case decided weather a slave could become free if his’s master would move to a free state in the west. It was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on US labor law and constitutional law. It was one of the most controversial events during the civil war. -
Lincoln Douglas Debate
The Lincoln–Douglas debates were a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas.Americans began to understand the debate over slavery. Many people showed up to watch the debates. This reminded them of slavery over time and changed how they saw slavery. The main topic they talked about was slavery. -
John Brown’s Raid
John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry was an effort by armed abolitionist John Brown to initiate an armed slave revolt in 1859 by taking over a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
John Brown lead a small group against a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia in an attempt to start an armed slave revolt and destroy the institution of slavery. -
Lincoln’s Election of 1860
The United States Presidential Election of 1860 was the nineteenth presidential election to select the President Abroham Lincoln. The election was held on Tuesday, November 6, 1860. ... The election of Lincoln served as the primary event of the American Civil War. Lincoln won all the free states and became president. He believed slavery was wrong. -
Southern Secession
Southern States each declared secession from the United States, and joined together to form the Confederate States of America. The south states separated from the US and even made their own flag. Eleven southern States each declared secession from the United States, and joined together to form the Confederate States of America.
