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Three Fifths Clause
allowed Southern states to count a portion of its enslaved population for purposes of taxation and representation -
The Missouri Compromise
admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. -
Nat Turner Rebellion
was a rebellion of enslaved Virginians -
Nullification
the action of a state impeding or attempting to prevent the operation and enforcement within its territory of a law of the U.S. -
Amistad Rebellion
53 African natives were kidnapped from eastern Africa and sold into the Spanish slave trade -
Mexican-American War
was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico -
Uncle Tom's cabin
the evil and immorality of slavery. -
Founding of the Republican Party
The Republican Party emerged in 1854 to combat the Kansas–Nebraska Act and the expansion of slavery into American territories. The early Republican Party consisted of northern Protestants, factory workers, professionals, businessmen, prosperous farmers, and after 1866, former black slaves. -
The Nebraska Kansas Act
was a territorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska -
Dredd Scott decision
was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court in which the Court held that the United States Constitution was not meant to include American citizenship -
The Election of 1860
United States presidential election was the 19th quadrennial presidential election.It was the first election in which African Americans could vote in the reconstructed Southern states, in accordance with the First Reconstruction Act. -
The attack on fort sumter
was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the South Carolina militia, and the return gunfire and subsequent surrender by the United States Army, that started the American Civil War -
The writing and passing of the 13th amendment
abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime -
The writing and passing of the 14th amendment
granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States—including former enslaved people—and guaranteed all citizens “equal protection of the laws. -
The writing and passing of the 15th amendment
granted African American men the right to vote. ... Social and economic segregation were added to black America's loss of political power.