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Missouri Compromise
Who=Henry Clay, What= A Compromise, Where= Missouri, Why= To give Balance for free states and slaves state How=It gave the northern more free land when they became states -
Wilmot Proviso
who=Congressman David Wilmot what=final negotiations to resolve the Mexican American War where= All around the U.S Why= To try to end the Mexican American war How= was one of the major events leading to the American Civil War. -
Zachary Taylor
He led the nation during its debates on slavery and Southern secession. He became a full-fledged war hero through his service in the Mexican War, which broke out in 1846 after the U.S. annexation of Texas.Taylor went into the white house and wanted to do something about slavery right away because he thought it was a issue. -
Compromise of 1850
who=Henry Clay What= A Compromise Where= California Why= It happened because of the Mexican american war How= defused a four-year political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired during the Mexican–American War -
Fugitive Slave Act
Who=no one specifically what=part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave-holding interests and Northern Free-Soilers where=The whole U.S How=The impact was that provided southern slaveholders with legal weapons to capture slaves who had escaped to the free states. -
Millard Fillmore
He was instrumental in getting the Compromise of 1850 passed, a deal that prompted a short détente in the fight over slavery.He also refused to back an invasion of Cuba by adventurous Southerners who wanted to expand slavery into the Caribbean. -
Uncle Tom's cabin
Who=Harriet Beecher Stowe's what= a novel about slavery where=Kentucky why= to show us how bad slavey is becoming how= A lot of people read this and this made people do something about this -
Franklin Pierce
He took part in the Mexican–American War as a brigadier general in the Army. The Gadsden punched, the u.s got the southern parts or Arizona and new Mexico. We got 45,535 miles of land. Fugitive slave return, on march 1854 a Virginian slave escaped and fled to Boston but got caught President Pierce called in Federal troops to insure Burns' return to Virginia. -
who does the Kansas Nebraska Act/ Bleeding Kansas
who= u.s congress what=Act was passed by the U.S. Congress. It permitted individuals in the domains of Kansas and Nebraska to choose for themselves regardless of whether to permit servitude inside their fringes where= kansas, Nebraska why=Act served to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery north of latitude 36°30´ how=allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders -
Creation of the Republican Party
who= anti-slavery Whigs what= .Republican Party. where=Wisconsin why= upper midwestern states wanted a new party how=They created the Republican Party. -
sumner caning
who= Representative Preston Brooks,Senator Charles Sumner what=Representative Preston Brooks brutally beat Senator Charles Sumner after Sumner gave a fiery speech attacking slavery and its practitioners. Where=Kansas,South Carolina why= Preston Brooks beat up Charles sumner for a speech how=Well because preston brook ended up killing charles sumner -
James Buchanan
he tried to maintain peace between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the government.Buchanan decided to end the troubles in Kansas by urging the admission of the territory as a slave state. -
Dred Scott
Who= Dred Scott what= Dred Scott is sewing his slave owner Where= Missouri Why=Dred Scott moved to a free state with his owner and thought that he will be free was not How = They are know trying to Resovle slavery because of this -
Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Who= Lincoln and Douglas What=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. Where= United States Why= To see who was going to become the next President How they put Lincoln on the national "map" as a major political figure. -
Harpers Ferry
Who=John Brown What=John Brown leads a small group on a raid against a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia , in an attempt to start an armed slave revolt and destroy the institution of slavery. Where= Virginia Why=attempt to start an armed slave revolt and destroy the institution of slavery. How= Because it was going to destroy the institution of slavery -
Lincoln’s Election of 1860
Who= Lincoln What= Lincoln won the party's presidential nomination
where= U.S Why= So Lincoln could become president How= Lincoln became president -
Southern Secession
Who=Abraham Lincoln What= Withdrew of 11 slaves Where= U.S,Confederate States of AmericaSouthern United States,Western United States,Atlantic Ocean,Northeastern United States. Why= Well because of South Carolina
