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The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
a law enacted as a part of the Compromise of 1850, designed to ensure that escaped slaves would be returned into bondage -
Compromise of 1850
The compromise of 1850 was a series of conretional measures intended to settle disagreements between slave states and free states. -
the Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a system of routes that helped run away slaves escape to canada or to safe areas in free states which enraged southern slave owners. It's height was in 1850! -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
It was a book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that showed that slavery was not just a political message, but showed how morally wrong the owning of slaves was! -
The Kansas Nebraska Act
The Kansas Nebraska Act established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, and gave the people the right to vote if they wanted the state as a slave state or as a free state -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas was a series of violent events that involved anti- slavery and pro slavery citizens disputing over free & slave states that started following the Kansas Nebraska Popular Sovereignty rule. -
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
It was a landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court held that African Americans, whether enslaved or free, could not be American citizens and therefore had no standing to sue in federal court, and that the federal government had no power to regulate slavery in the federal territories acquired after the creation of the United States. -
Harper's Ferry
John Brown led a band of 21 men, both black and white, and led them into Harpers Ferry, Virginia, where he started a slave uprising and killed and held many citizens hostage. No uprising occured. -
Political Party tensions
In 1860, the United States was expanding into the West. As the presidential election approached, differences of opinion on whether slavery should be allowed in the territories reached a fevered pitch, threatening to tear the country apart. Reflecting the nation's division, Northern and Southern Democratic Party delegates found it impossible to agree on a single candidate or party platform. -
Election of 1860
Was the tipping point for White Southerners, as Lincoln was anti-slavery and was sure to make a change. Southern States began seceding.
