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Passed on September 18, 1850 by Congress, The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was part of the Compromise of 1850. The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. The act also made the federal government responsible for finding, returning, and trying escaped slaves. -
It became law on May 30, 1854.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty. It also produced a violent uprising known as “Bleeding Kansas,” as proslavery and antislavery activists flooded into the territories to sway the vote. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise that help created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty. It also produced a violent uprising known as Bleeding Kansas as proslavery and antislavery activists flooded into the territories to sway the vote -
Around 1857 Dred Scott V and Sanford made an important In decision that stunned the nation, the United States Supreme Court upheld slavery in United States territories, denied the legality of black citizenship in America, and declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional. -
The debates consisted of Douglas accusing Lincoln of being an abolitionist while Lincoln accused Douglas of wanting to nationalize slavery. These main issues were reflective of the major issues that the country was facing at a national level with both sides battling for what they thought would better the Union. -
The judgment by New England and the ensuing martyrdom of Brown in the North, many Southerners viewed the raid as a larger Northern scheme to directly attack the South, leading to increased sectional distrust and accelerating the approach of secession in 1861. -
Abraham Lincoln was the first President to get elected from the Republican Party. He ran telling and promising to prevent slavery from spreading within the Union. With him doing that the election directly led to the secession of 11 Southern state's which in turn led to the American Civil War.