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The Missouri Compromise
This Compromise was a temporary solution to the issue of Slavery. It divided the Louisiana Territory into equal free and slave states from the latitude of 36,30. This brought on the Civil War because it created sectionalism -
War with Mexico
President Polk went to War with Mexico because of manifest destiny. This brought on Sectionalism because the northerners disapproved because they thought it was the southerners attempt to gain more slave territory. The northerners were right as the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed making new slave territories in the south. This angered the Northerners and added to the issue of growing Sectionalism -
Wilmots Proviso
David Wilmot a congressman from Pennsylvania proposed a law to ban all slavery in Mexico. This law was not passed but caused lots of damage to the relationships between the north and south. The south was now fully convinced that when the north gained control of the Senate they would get rid of Slavery completly and the southerners lives would be ruined. -
Fugitive Slave Act
This slave act encouraged slave owners to take back runaway slaves and return them to previous owners. Northerners were disturbed by this because they were not used to the idea of forcing free blacks to return to this horrible act of Slavery. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This act repealed the Missouri Compromise and opened up the idea of popular sovereignty. This was the idea that slavery was open to any territory but the people would vote themselves on if it would be free or not. -
Republican Party
Northerners outrage from Bleeding kansas led to the formation of The republican party in Wisconsin. Its main proposal was the restriciton of slavery from all territories. This was basically a declaration of war for the south. -
Two Party System
After the republican party was created, the democrats supported the south completely. This ended any hope of the south and north working together and because candiates did not have to run against each other their opinions became extremely radical. -
"Bleeding Kansas"
Bleeding Kansas was the first few outcomes of popular sovereignty. Pro- Slavery missourians crossed borders and intimidated people who were voting for a free state while others from the north came to settle this. It resulted in a bloody battle with hundreds of deaths. -
Beating of Charles Sumner
Violence over the issue of Slavery broke out. Congressman Brooks from the South beat Charles Sumner from the north with a cane after an attack on the institution of slavery. instead of the south having any remorse they showered brooks with a new cane and said to beat him more. This issue was becoming more and more violent. -
Dred Scott
The South dominated the Supreme Court and ruled in the Dred Scott case that nullified the missouri compromise and kansas/nebraska act. This confirmed the northerners growing fear that the south would overtake gov. and legalize slavery everywhere. -
Uncle Toms Cabin
Stowe a anti-slavery author published a book that depicted the lives of slaves. this book had a great impact on secionalism because southeners were outraged because they thought it was an unfair depiction of life as a slave. -
Freeport Doctrine
During the election, Abraham Lincoln urged that the U.S could no longer have half slave and half free. Douglas urged for popular sovereignty which resuled in the Freeport Doctrine. -
John Brown
Northerner John brown organized a slave rebellion in Virginia that failed. This confirmed the southerners suspiction of northerners helping slaves try and kill their masters. -
1860 Presidential Election
This election was between Lincoln(anti slavery) and Breckinridge(pro-slavery). The norths greater population allowed Lincoln to win. The south now had to either abandon the union or go to war with the north -
Fort Sumter
The southern states broke away from the union and by the time Lincoln took his oath, he was only presidenting half of the country. Southern forces attacked at Fort Sumter and Lincoln sent in troops to fight. This made it clear that he would fight back. -
Crittenden Compromise
This compromise was the last effort to save the union and peace between the north and south. It would re instate the missouri compromise but it failed
