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Missouri Compromise 1820-1850
The Missouri Compromise was United States federal legislation that stopped northern attempts to forever prohibit slavery's expansion by admitting Missouri as a slave state. This began the conflict over slavery. Senator Henry Clay would begin this act.This made Missouri a state. This event took place to stop the extension of slavery. -
Wilmot Proviso 1846-1848
The Wilmot Proviso was an unsuccessful 1846 proposal in the United States Congress to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican–American War. He provided insight to anti-slavery positions. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 that defused a political confrontation between slave and free states. This event dealt with the issue with slavery and territorial expansion. Senator Henry Clay made a major impact with this happening in California. -
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
The Fugitive Slave Act or Fugitive Slave Law was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern interests in slavery and Northern Free-Soilers. Congress passed this law to stop the conflict. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the Book Uncle Tom's Cabin. The book is about a slave that was put into auction and saved the life of Little Eva. This book was written to show everyone slavery is not right. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
Controlled by Stephen A. Douglass, the Kansas Nebraska Act was a territory act that created 2 territories in Kansas and Nebraska for voting if people wanted slavery or not. This caused violence in these areas and later Kansas got its name "Bleeding Kansas" -
Dred Scott Case
The Dred Scott decision was the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on March 6, 1857, that having lived in a free state and territory did not entitle an enslaved person, Dred Scott, to his freedom. In essence, the decision argued that, as someone's property, Scott was not a citizen and could not sue in a federal court -
Lincoln Douglass Debate
The Lincoln Douglass Debate was a debate between Republican Abraham Lincoln and Senator Stephen Douglass. They argued over the expansion of slavery. In the end, Douglass wins the debate. -
John Browns Raid
An abolitionist named John Brown heavily hated slavery. Him and his other men went to raid Harpers Ferry in West Virginia to steal weapons for a slave revolt. In the end, John Brown was later captured. -
Lincolns Election of 1860
The Election of 1860 demonstrated the divisions within the United States just before the Civil War. So many people in the north agreed with Lincoln. In the end, Lincoln was elected president. -
Southern Secession
At the start of the Civil War, South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, and Virginia all seceded from the Union due to the outrage of slavery.