-
American Coloization Society
it was the primary vehicle to support the return of free Aferican American to what was considered greater freedom in Africa. It helped to found the colony of Liberia in 1821-1822 as a place for freedmen. -
Missouri Compromise
Missouri Compromise was an agreement passed in 1820 between pro-slavery and anti-slavery in the U.S. congress involving slavery in the western territories. It prohibited slavery in Louisiana Territory except within the boundries of Missouri -
The American Antislavery Society forms
1833-1870 abolitionist society founded by William Lloyd Garrisson and Arthur Tappan. Frederick Douglass was key leader of this society and often spoke at meetings. By 1838 ot had 1350 local chapters and around 250,000 members. -
Liberty Party
was a minor poitical partyin the U.S. in 1840. Early advocate of the abolitionist cause broke away American Anti-Slavery document. William Lloyd said the Constitution should be a evil pro-slavery document -
Wilmot Proviso
Major events leading to the American Civil War, would have banned slavery in the territory to be acquired for Mexico in the mexican War or in the future, this inclued Mexican Cession. -
Mexican-American War
American forces occupied New Mexico and California then they invaded parts of Northeastern Mexico and Northwest Mexico. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo which specified major consequence of the war -
California Gold Rush
Founded by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma California. the first to hear confirmed information of the gold rush were people in Oregon, the Sandwich Island Hawaii, and latin America. The news of gold brought 300,000 people to California and rest of US. -
Free Soil Party
it was a shortl lived political party in the U.S. active in the 1848 and 1852 presidential elections. It was a third and a single issue party that largely appealed to and draw it's greatest strength from New York State -
Compromise of 1850
compromise was a package of five bills which stopped a four-year fight between slave states of the south and free states of the north. the compromise was drafted by Whig senato Henry Clay of Kentucky -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin was a novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. The book helped lay groundwork for the Civil War. It was the second best-selling novel of the 19th century. it credited with helping fuel the abolitionist cause in the 1850s. 300,000 copies of books were sold in Us first year and one million copies sold in Great Britian. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Kansas-Nebraska act created territories of kansas and Nebraska making new lands for settlements by reappealing which allows settlers to determin wheather to allow slavery -
Charles Sumner-Brooks Affair
Charles Sumner was a politician and senator for Massachusetts. He was a leader of the antislavery forces in Massachusetts and leader of the Radical Republicans in the U.S. senate during the American Civil war and reconstruction, working to punish the ex-confederates and gurantee equal rights to the freedmen -
dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott was ruled by the U.S. Supreme Court that people of African descent brought into the U.S. and held as slaves were not protected by Constitution and were not U.S. citizen -
Lincoln-Douglas debates
The debate were a series of seven debates between Lincoln the Republican candidate for senate in Illions. At the time U.S. senates were elected by state legislature. Lincoln and douglas were trying for their respective parties to win control of Illinois Legislature -
election of 1860
election was on November 6, 1860 for the office of president of the U.S. and the immediate impulse for the outbreak of the American Civil War. The nation divided throughout the 1850 on quistion surrounding the exapansion fo slavery and rights of slave owners