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3/5 Compromise
It was a compromise between the southern and northern states. Every five slaves counted as three people and that was the agreement to the 3/5. Slave states would pay extra taxes because every slave counts as 3/5 of a freeman. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin was a novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It let people know about the truth of the Civil War. It was a book that supported anti-slavery and it was to protest for the Anti-slavery Act. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
It created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and opened new lands. It allowed settlers into those territories to determine if they would allow slavery within their boundaries. It was to resolve the problem of the Louisiana Purchase by splitting the territory into two: Kansas and Nebraska. -
Ostend Manifesto
Ostend Manifesto was a document that described how the United States was to purchase Cuba from Spain. It implied that the U.S. should declare war if Spain refused. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas was a series of events involving anti-slavery and pro-slavery groups. It took place in the Kansas territory. It was a bloody warfare. Settles wanted control of Kansas Territory. -
John Brown and Harpers Ferry
John Brown and several other people seized the United States armory Arsenal at Harper's Ferry. There were two key things they needed to do in order to win the raid. They need to capture the weapons and escape before Washington found out. -
Election of Abraham Lincoln
The election of Abraham Lincoln led to the series of events that erupted into Civil War. He was elected the sixteenth president. He carried all of the free states and none of the slave states.
