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Missouri Compromise
The Missouri compromise provided a temporary solution to the issue of new territories becoming slave states. This stated the no territory north of the Missouri line could be a slave states. Slavery was allowed south of this line. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise provided a temporary solution to the conflict around slavery in new American territories in the west. This stated that no states north of the Missouri line could have slaves. Every state south of the line could be a slave state. -
Nat Turner Rebellion
Nat Turner, a slave, rallied up a small group of other slaves and slave-abolitionists to rebel. The rebellion resulted in the death of 60 whites. -
The Wilmot Proviso
A document suggesting that any territory acquired from Mexico should be a free state. -
Mexican-American War
War between the United States and Mexico which was started over land disputes in Mexican territory. America won the war and Mexico gave up over half its territory. -
Compromise of 1850
A collection of five bills with the intent of solving the slavery dispute in California. -
Gold Rush in California 1848-1849
Gold discovered in California caused a large number of settlers to move west in search for riches. These people are later called the "Forty-Niners". -
Harriet Tubman and Underground Railroad
A former slave named Harriet Tubman escaped slavery and ran to Philadelphia. Once she was free, she helped to create the underground railroad to aid in slaves escaping. -
Fugitive Slave Act
An act passed which stated that escaped slaves the have run to free states must be returned back to their masters. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
A novel called 'Uncle Toms cabin' exposed the horrors of slavery to those in the north and sparked mass outrage which fueled the anti-slavery movement. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Got rid of the Missouri compromise and allowed for popular sovereignty. -
Lincoln-Douglass Debate
A debate that took place between Stephen A. Douglass and Abraham Lincoln regarding slavery. -
Bleeding Kansas
Conflict broke out in Kansas between settlers over the decision of the state allowing slavery. Many died over the course of a few years. -
Dred Scott V. Sanford
SCOTUS case that ruled slaves were not equal to U.S. citizens, therefore, would not be receiving protection from the government. -
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
John Brown attempted to start an abolitionist movement by capturing the Harper's Ferry arsenal in Virginia. -
South Caroline succession from the Union
After Abraham Lincoln won the election, South Carolina assumed that slavery would be immediately banned. In order to protect slavery in the south, the state succeeded from the United States. -
Presidential Election of 1860
Election year between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglass. A. Lincoln won the race.