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MIssouri Compromise
The United States wanted to preserve the balance of power in Congress. This led to Missouri becoming a slave state because the South didn't want to lose their money. -
Free-Soil Party
Abolitionist wanted to gain land so it becomes a free land, but the Southerners didn't agree. -
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
Harritet Tubman worked as a nurse to help to wounded soldiers. She was a runaway and migrated to Philadelphia. During this time, ships were going back and forth to free slaves and slaves soon began to migrate to free lands. -
Compromise of 1850
This compromise was passed to make Washington D.C and California free states. The Fugitive Act was passed along with four other laws. -
Fugitive Slave Act
This was the second act in the Compromise. They allowed to get runaway slaves to return back to their owners. People hired others to get them back. -
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet was an active abolitionist. She was a teacher. She wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin. This impacted on the Civil war because the South felt threatened by the book and they wanted to protect their rights. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Stephen A. Dougless proposed the act where voters decided whether they wanted a free state or slave state in Kansas and Nebraska. -
Bleeding Kansas
Violent forces were occuring between the North and South deciding if Kansas would become a free state. The two sides were competing against one another. -
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Dred Scot was a slave until he was freed to another state. His owner's family wanted to take him back as a slave. Scott went to the Supreme Court to try and sue, but could not because it was unconstitutional. -
The Election of 1860
Stephan A. Dougless and Abraham Lincoln were candidates competing to become president. Lincoln was against slavery and Dougless was for slavery. Abraham won the election and Southerners grew angry and seceded from the country and declared war. -
The Beginning of the Civil War
