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This was the primary wehicle to support the return of free African Americans to what was considered greater freedom in Africa It's founder were Charles Fenton Mercer, Henry Clay, John Randolph, and Richard Bland Lee.
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Was an agreement passed between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States congress. It involves mostly the regulation of slavery in the Western territories.
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This anti slave society was founded by William Lloyd Garrison and Arthur Tappan. The society had 1,350 local chapters with around 250,000 members Fsmous members included Theodore Dwight Weld, Lewis Tappan, James G Birney, Lydia Maria Child, Maria Weston Chapman, etc
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Was a minor political party in the United States. The party was an early advocate of the abolitionist cause.
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The Mexican-American war was also known as the first American intervention. It was an armed conflict between the United States of America, and Mexico.
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This would have banned slavery from certain territories. Mainly in places in and around Texas.
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Was a short-lived politicial party in the UNited States. It was a third party and a single-issue party that largely appealed to and drew its greatest strength from New York.
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This began when gold was founded by James W Marshall at sutter's Mill in Californi. The first to hear about the gold were people in Oregon
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Was a passage of five bills passed in September. This defused a four-year confrontation between the slave states of the south and the free states of territories acquired during the Mexican-America war.
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Was an anti-slavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. The novel help lay the grounwork for the Civil War.
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It created the territores of Kansas and Nebraska. Opened new lands for settlements.
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Was an affair between Summer and Brooks.
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Was a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that people of Africandescent brought into the United States and held as slaves were not protected by the constitution and were not U.S. citizens Since the passage of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the decision has not been a precedent case.
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Was a series of seven debates between Lincoln and Douglas. Lincoln and Douglas were trying for their respective parties to win control of the Illinoise legislature.
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Was a quadrennial election, held on November 6, 1860 for the office of President of the United states
