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The Fugitive Slave Law
Who: Slaves
What: They weretrying to find a way to free the slaves.
When: 1850
Where: United States
Why:They do not want to have runaway slaves.
Outcome:The law was passed and slaves were returned to their owners. -
Compromise of 1850
who:Henry Clay, Stephen Douglas, Zachary Taylor, andJohn C. Calhoun.
What:They would see if california was admitted as a free or slave state.
When: September 19, 1850
Where:Missouri
Why:It would throw off the balance of the slave and free states.
Outcome:California was admitted as a free state. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
Who: Stephen Douglas
What:They decided that the issue of slavery would be decided by the residents of each territory, a concept known as popular sovereignty.
When:May 1854
Where:Kansas and Nebraska
Why: They want to inclineto support slavery
Outcome: Pro-slavery and anti slavery rushed to settle in Kansas. -
Bleeding Kansas
Who:Stephan A. Douglas
What:described as the period of violence during the settleing of the Kansas territory. In 1854 the Kansas-Nebraska Act overturned the missouri compromise.
When:1856
Where: Kansas
Why;The opening of the Kansas andNebraska territories in 1854 under the principle of popular sovereignty.
Outcome: Lot's of men were killed in battle. -
Dred Scott V. Sandford
who: Dred Scott
What:It ruined that Americans of African Descent wether free or slave. were not American citizens
When: 1857
Where: Missouri
Why: The congress lacked power to ban slavery in the U.S Territories
Outcome:The supreme court Agreed with the congress. -
The Election of 1860
Who: Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas, John Brickinridge, Bell
What: This is to see who is President of the U.S
When: 1860
Where: Washington D.C
Why: So the U.S can have new leaders, and generals.
Outcome: Abraham Lincoln won the Election of 1860.
