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John Brown
An abolitionst who believed that only way to put an end to slavery was through violence. -
Dred Scott Case
Dred Scott sied for his freedom in the Missouri State Courts, arguing that when he lived in free territory, he became a free man. The lower courts voted in favor of him, however, the Missouri State Court did not. -
Wilmot Proviso
A document stating that the land gained in the Mexican Cession would be free, the law was not passed due to Southern political power. -
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Causes of the Civil War
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Compromise of 1850
Under this compromise, California would enter into the Union as a free state. Also, the Nexican Cession would bedivided into Utah and New Mexico. In these new territories, popular sovereignty would determine whether the territories would be free or slave. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, and showed the cruelties of slavemasters and the conditions that the slaves dealt with. -
Kansas- Newbraska Act
This act divided Louisiana into Kansas and Newbraska and the issue of slavery was left up to popular sovereignty. -
Fugitive Slave Act
A law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves and allowed officials to arrest slaves in free states. -
Attack on Lawrence
When pro- slavery men destroyed and looted Lawrence after anti-slavery leaders escaped after being accused and charged with treason. -
Pattawatomie Massacre
After the event of the Sacking of Lawerence, John Brown led an abolitionst attack on people who supported slavery. During this act of violence he and his group killed five pro-slavery men. This event eventually led to Bleeding Kanas. -
Lincoln/ Douglas debates
7 different debates , expressing views of slavery, that gained Lincoln recognition in politics. -
Freeport Doctrine
Police would enforce the voters' decision in the Dred Scott case. -
Raid on Harpers Ferry
John Brown arrived at Harpers Ferry on July 3, 1859. Shorty after in October him and his army of 21 men went through the town, kncking down telegraph wires and attacked the fire house with weapons they recived from 200 Beecher's Bibles. Those who did not die were captured and hung. This site later became known as Brown's Fort. -
John Brown's death
After his raid, he was captured and hung. Before being hung he gave a short speech saying that if this was the cause he died for it would be an honorable death. After he passed, people were frightened that someone like Brown would come along and create more violence -
John C. Calhoun Wanted to Secede
Secede: to formally break away from the United Sates Union. The South wanted to break away and thought that they could do so legally by the same process that they had entered the Union. However, Abraham Lincoln said that this was not possible, unless the South were to start a rebelion. -
Lincoln's Election
This election had Stephen Douglas, John Bell, William Seward, and Abraham Lincoln running for president. Lincoln was elected because even though he only campaigned in the North, he appelead to more people. He didn't even win 50% percent of the votes, but the electoral college voted in favor of his presidency.
