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Missouri Compromise
The Missouri compromise was when the north were unhappy and wanted no slavery, and the south wanted slavery and were happy.The north got Maine through the compromise, and the south got Missouri. -
Wilmot Proviso
The North pushed the recognization that slavery was banned in their states. Southern politicians were forced to defend their stand on slavery. -
Zachary Taylor
Zachary Taylor was the 12th president of the United States.Zachary Taylor was a war hero and a nationalist.He was also apart of one of the largest slave owning families.Zachary Taylor is very much against the Missouri compromise, and wants to keep slavery out of the frontier.Zachary Taylor threatened to veto the Missouri Compromise. -
Compromise of 1850
California is now a free state. The north is happy. Slave trade has been abolished in Washington DC. The north is angry because they think slavery should be abolished all together. New Mexico and Utah are voting if they will be a slave or free state. Texas dropped it's claim on the land north of the 32 parallel. The Fugitive Slave Act is strengthening. -
Millard Fillmore
Millard Fillmore was a self made man with a poor backround. He signed the Compromise of 1850. He strengthened the Fugitive Slave Act. He made nobody happy. -
Fugitive Slave Act
It is illegal to assist or hide any runaway slaves. This infuriates the north. Black men and women must now carry papers. The south calls this the bloodhound law. They start to kidnap blacks that are free. This all makes the north very angry. -
Uncle Toms Cabin
This novel is an anti slavery novel written in 1852.This novel was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.According to Will Kaufman, this was "the most popular novel of our day".The south felt misrepresented and insulted by the booked so they banned it.The north was just horrified by all the stories and felt like they needed to do something about it.The north felt like this was a must read novel. -
Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce was the son of a war hero and a good friend of Andrew Jackson. He was very depressed after hi son died. When he was president, he was hated by everyone. He was president when the Kansas Nebraska act happened. He was also in office when the transcontinental railroad was created. -
Republican Party
The north created a new political party. It was called the Republican Party. It was anti-slavery. The party honored Thomas Jefferson. Abraham Lincoln was the first republican president. The south wasn't happy about this. -
The Kansas Nebraska Act
This act was when the states were allowed to vote on if they were a slave state or not a slave state.This turned into something other than just voting and there were raiders,shootings,killings, and john brown tried to fight for the free states. -
Sumner Caning
Republican, Charise Sumner, denounces the threat of slavery in Kansas. He verbally attacks Andrew Butler. Butler beats Sumner with a cane. The south is very angry at Sumner. They attack Sumner and Butler is a hero. -
James Buchanan
James Buchanan was a former secretary of state. He was a dull politician and Jackson hated him. While he was in office, he gave power to the supreme court, he did not get involved in the Dred Scott case, and he did not try to run for office again. -
Dred Scott
Dred Scott was a black slave and his wife once belonged to an army.Dred Scott dried to fight for black slaves to be citizens but unfortunately, he lost his case and black slaves even free colored people still were not considered citizens. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Lincoln speaks against slavery. He does not like Douglas. Lincoln is a threat to the south. Lincoln told everyone that Douglas said he wanted all states to be slave states. This made Douglas angry. -
Harpers Ferry
To the North, John Brown was a hero or a martyr. To the south, he was a terrorist. John Brown raided the arsenal, captured weapons, and tried to start an uprising in Harpers Ferry. The south captured him and hung him. -
Lincoln's Election of 1860
Lincoln was the first republican to win an election. He beat John C. Breckinridge, John Bell, and Stephen Douglas. Lincoln was fighting against Douglas again but this time, Lincoln won. Lincoln was against slavery and he would put an end to it. -
Southern Secession
This event was the withdrawal of 11 states from the united states.This event followed the election of abraham lincon.
