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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.