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The MIssouri Compromise
A law that Congress made to attempt to settle the rivalries in Missouri for whether or not it would be a slave state. Admitted Missouri to be a slave state, but prohibited slavery in the Louisiana purchase except for Missouri. -
Fugitive Slave Act/Underground Railroad
Fugitive Slave Act- September 8, 1850. Original law was in 1793, which stated that all captured fugitive slaves would be returned to their owners and punished, along with the people who helped them. In 1850, the punishments were made even harsher, which made it one of the most controversial laws of the 19th century.
Underground Railroad- Involved the rebellion and refusal of slaves to continue to be slaves. A passage that fugitive slaves took in order to escape to the North. There were various -
Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln won, sparked many abolitionist and their movement, lead the the North winning the civil war due to the support of the President. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
By Harriet Beecher Stowe. Anti-slavery novel that is said to have fueled the Abolitionists of 1850. It humanized the slaves in America, and really changed the opinions of slavery of some people due to the harsh truth of slavery shown in the book. -
John Brown and Bleeding Kansas
When the Kansas-Nebraska act of 1854 overthrew Kansas being a slave state (Missouri Compromise) and introduced popular sovereignty instead of the Missouri Compromise’s boundaries. Many proslavery people moved to Kansas to try and lean the state towards being proslavery.
John Brown- Abolitionist, lead anti-slavery fighters into Kansas to fight the proslavery people and commit a raid on the Harpers Ferry. -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott was a slave, owner was army doctor, lived in IL and WI, was ruled not free because he was not considered a person in the Constitution, even though he lived in a free state. The decision began the outrage between North and South of spreading to the West, sparking violence and extreme difference in opinion -
Abolitionist Movement
The movement to end slavery
Political reason, not moral. Separated the North and the South into two distinct sides, and lead to the difference in opinions towards justice, slavery, expansion, and how an economy should function in general.
