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Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 were laws that were passed to help deal with the issue of slavery.In 1859, California had requested to join the union as a free state, which imbalanced the number of free and slave states.Then Senator Henry Clay had made a series of resolutions on Jan 29, 1850 to conclude the conflict between both sides.Soon California had entered the union as a free state. This was a significant cause of the Civil War, because it caused a disagreement about slave and free states. -
The Fugitive Slave Law
The Fugitive Slave Laws were part of Senator Henry Clay's
Compromise of 1850. These laws allowed the capture and return of runaway slaves in the US. The law took away the basic rights slaves had which include the right to a jury trial and the right to testify in one's own defense.The Fugitive Slave Laws enraged the North and convinced many Northerners that slavery should be outlawed in western territories.This produced widespread outrage in the North making a cause of the Civil War. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin was a book written against slavery by Harriet Beecher Stowe, a northern abolitionist. This book showed the bad and evil in slavery and how it sadened the African Americans. The South had contradicted the things written in the book and were enraged at Stowe for writing such book. The North, however, had their belief strenghtened by having facts for the fact that slavery is evil. This book was a major cause for the Civil War as it did enraged the South and helped the North. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas is a term used to describe the violence that happened in Kansas. This clash was between pro and antislavery forces in the Kansas territory during the mid and late 1850s. The cause of this clash was the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854, in which it allows settlers to vote whether the upcoming territory admitted to the Union was either a slave or free state. During Bleeding Kansas voilence was struck from all over Kansas resulting in murder and meyham. The North and South were at war. -
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Dred Scott v. Sandford was a case, in which the Supreme Court ruled that African Americans, whether free or slave, were not American citezens and could not sue in federal court. The Court also ruled that the Congress did not have enough power to ban slawery in US territories. In 1856, a case had risen in which Dred Scott had both sued in federal court two times and had been proven that he did not have the right to for the fact he wasn't a US citezen. This caused conflict between both sides. -
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
John Brown, in his raid, had intended to guide slaves in their escape form the South. To do so he led a small army of 18 men into the small town of Harper's Ferry. He would then raid the federal arsenal and seize the arms and ammunition. With the arms he would arm the slaves bringing attraction to other nearby slaves. His plan, unfortunatly did not work out, however did add on to the clash between the North and the South. John Brown was soon sentenced to death and was hanged for his punishment.
