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United States Declaration of Independence
declares "that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." Slavery remains legal in the colonies. -
The Three fiths compromise
The 3/5compromise was elected to determine representation in the House of representatives,Slaves equaled the 3/5 of a person.This shows sectionalism over slavery and the concern of wich side has power in the government. -
The Missouri Compromise
http://www.history.com/topics/missouri-compromiseThe tensions in the compromise began to rise between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions within the U.S. Congress and across the country. They reached a boiling point after Missouri’s 1819 request for admission to the Union as a slave state, which threatened to upset the delicate balance between slave states and free states. -
The Dred scott decision
Dred Scott was a slave that was taken to a free state and they challenged if he was a free slave or not and it went to the supreme court and that led to the civil war. -
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe was an American abolitionist and author. She came from a famous religious family and is best known for her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. It depicts the harsh life for African Americans under slavery this led to slaves trying to be freeed. -
Abolitionist John Brown
John Brown was a white American abolitionist who believed armed insurrection was the only way to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States. -
Abraham Lincoln’s Election
President Lincoln issues a public declaration that an insurrection exists and calls for 75,000 militia to stop the rebellion. As a result of this call for volunteers, four additional southern states secede from the Union in the following weeks. -
First Battle of Bull Run
The First Battle of Bull Run, also known as First Manassas (the name used by Confederate forces), was fought on July 21, 1861, in Prince William County, Virginia, near the city of Manassas, not far from the city of Washington, D.C. It was the first major battle of the civil war. -
The Abolitionist Movement
The Abolitionist movement was an effort to end slavery in a nation that valued personal freedom and believed "all men are created equal. -
Underground Railroad
was a network of secret routes and safe houses used by 19th-century enslaved people of African descent in the United States in efforts to escape to free states and Canada with the aid of abolitionists and allies who were sympathetic to their cause.
