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Missouri Compromise
Henry Clay composed a bargain in 1820 that adjusted power in congress by adding two states to the union. Maine was included as a free state while Missouri was included as a slave state. Moreover, anything over the missouri trade off line would be viewed as a free area for what's to come. -
Wilmot proviso
In 1846, David Wilmot form Pennsylvania wrote a bill in congress to ban slavery in new territory acquired by the Mexican Cession. The bill did not pass however it greatly angered southern slaveholders that congress was considering the issue. This event caused future tension between free and slave states. -
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Law or Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave-holding interests and Northern Free-Soilers. ... Abolitionists nicknamed it the "BloodhoundLaw" for the dogs that were used to track down runaway slaves. -
compromise of 1850
Senator Henry Clay introduced a series of resolutions on January 29, 1850, in an attempt to make a compromise and avoid a crisis between North and South. As part of the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished. and it 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. -
Uncle toms cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe, the daughter of an abolitionist minister, was affected by the Fugitive Slave Law in many ways . In 1853, Stowe published the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, about an enslaved man who is abused by his cruel owner. -
Kansas Nebraska Act / Bleeding Kansas
The Kansas-Nebraska Act and Bleeding Kansas. The Kansas-Nebraska Bill of 1854 undid previous legislation that limited the expansion of slavery, such as the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850. -
Dred Scott case
dred scott was clearly involved and it was about affirming the right of slave owners to take their slaves into the Western territories, therebynegating the doctrine of popular sovereignty and severely undermining the platform of the newly created Republican Party. -
Lincoln Douglas Debate
The Lincoln–Douglas debates were a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate for the United States Senate from Illinois, and incumbent Senator Stephen Douglas, the Democratic Party candidate. -
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 -
Lincoln’s Election of 1860
November 6th 1860. America was very divided at this time over slavery. Lincoln won the election and the south formed the confederate states of america. Lincoln abolished slavery and was soon assassinated. -
Southern Secession
The nation was breaking apart. Lincoln was president and Jefferson Davis was the president of the confederate us.
