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The Comprimies of 1850
Callhoun, Webster, and Clay represented the different regions of the U.S. The Compromise determined whether California would be admitted as a slave state or a free state. In the end, California was admitted as a free state and there was also no more slave trade in Washington D.C. but, there were no slave restrictions in Utah or New Mexico. -
The Fugitve Slave Law
The Fugitive Slave Law required all escaped slaves were to be captured and returned to their owner -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin was a book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that displayed how cruel and violent the slave owners treated their slavdes. The book made northerners realize the horror of slavery in the South and inspired many abolitionists to try to end slavery for good. -
The Kansas Nebraska Act
The Kansas Nebraska act let people in the states of Kansas and Nebraska decide whether to let slavery be allowed in their territories. Many pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers rushed to these states in order to influence the decision. -
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Dred Scott was a slave and his master moved with him to an anti-slavery area. Because he was on free land, Scott believed himself to be free but the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the owner because slaves were considered as property, not citizens. -
John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry
John Brown tried to get slaves to go on a revolt by capturing a U.S. arsenal, burt was defeated by Robert E. Lee.
