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Misouri Compromise
The Misouri Compromise mainatined the balance between slave and free states in the senate and caused many debates over it. -
Wilmot Priviso
The Wilmot Priviso specified that slavery should be prohibited in any lands that might be aquired from Mexico -
Compromise Of 1850
California became a free state, New Mexico could be a free state, and Wasington D.C. would not allow trading or selling of slaves. -
Fugitive Slave Act
An act that required all citizens to elp catch runaway slaves. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, which stunned people with her detailed description of slavery. -
The Cansas Nebraska Act
A bill that states that states could allow slavery by popular soveignty. -
Bleeding Kansas
People for and against slaverymoved to Kansas to vote on whether Kansas should allow slavery. There was a lot of violence and in the end Kansas became a free state. -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scot tried getting his freedom by sueing his owner for taking him into a free state and not becoming a free man. He lost his case because the government can't take away property and slaves aren't citizens. -
Lincoln Douglas Debate
Stephan Douglas battled Abraham Lincoln in face to face debates of slavery around the state to win a seat in the senate. -
John Brown's Raid
Abolitionist John Brown took citizens hostage with his 22 men. He was taken prisoner, tried, and then hung. -
Lincoln Elected/ Election
Abraham Lincoln was elected eventhough his name wasn't on the ballot in the Southern states -
Sucession of North Carolina
South Carolina opposed Lincoln's election and voted to break away. They didn't want to be part of the U.S. anymore and was the first Southern state to do this.
