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Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was a legislation that made a compromise for which new states would be slave states and which would be free, when Missouri was admitted it was a slave state and Main was free. -
Nat Turner Rebellion
A slave named Nat Turner led about 50 followers to a revolt in Southampton, VA. In the span of the revolt there were nearly 60 white people killed, mostly women and children. -
Mexican American War
The Mexican American War started on April 25th 1846 and ended in February 1848. This was a war over who got to claim Texas/the boundaries of whose land is whose. It was fought between the United States and Mexican governments. -
The Wilmot Proviso
The Wilmot Proviso prohibited the expansion of slavery into any territory acquired by the US from Mexico because of the Mexican American War settlement. -
Gold Rush of California
The God Rush of California was founded by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. The news of gold brought many people to California from the rest of the United States and even abroad. -
Harriett Tubman and Underground Railroad
Harriett Tubman was known as a "conductor" during the event of the Underground Railroads. During a 10 year span she made 19 trips into the South and freed over 300 slaves. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 enacted many things in the US. The state of California had been admitted as a free state and the borders of Texas were settled as well as areas ceded by Texas becoming recognized territories of New Mexico and Utah. -
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act was a act the required that slaves be returned to their owners even if they were in a free state. This act (law) made it a crime to help runaway slaves. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
Uncle Tom's Cabin was a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe.This novel was classified as an abolitionist novel, it achieved wide popularity, mainly among northern white readers, by exploiting the experience of slavery. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas was a violent war between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces. It significantly shaped American politics and contributed to the coming the the Civil War. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
The Kansas Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise. It created two new territories and allowed for popular sovereignty. It also led to the uprising known as "Bleeding Kansas. -
Dred Scott V. Sanford
Dred Scott. V Sanford was a ruling in the U.S. Supreme Court that enslaved people were not citizens of the United States and, therefore, could not expect any protection from the federal government or the courts. -
Lincoln Douglass Debates
The Lincoln and Douglass debates were a series of seven debates between the Democratic senator Stephen A. Douglass and Republican challenger Abraham Lincoln. The debate series were largely concerning the issue of slavery extension into the territories. -
John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry
John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry was when John Brown and a group of his supporters left their farmhouse hide-out en route to Harpers Ferry. Early on October 17th Brown and his men captured prominent citizens and seized the federal armory and arsenal. -
Presidential Election of 1860
The Presidential Election of 1860 was a four way contest. The Republican party ticket with Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin won a national popular plurality, a popular majority in the North, and a national electoral majority. -
South Carolina Secedes from the Union
South Carolina became the first state to secede from the federal Union. Abraham Lincoln winning the Presidential Election triggered cries for disunion across the pro-slave South.