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The Missouri Compromise
Congress was "forced" to help guide slavery expansion into the West. A debate was brought up when Missouri was applying to become a slave state. Missouri was admitted into the Union as a slave state and Maine into the Union as a free State in 1820. This helped balance so the North or the South wouldn't become superior to power to the other. -
Nat Turners Rebellion
A slave rebellion that stunned the nation. Nat believed that it God wanted him to avenge the sins from slavery. He would secretly preach in the fields and other slaves started to enlist into his cause. On August 21, 1831, Nat Tuner along with other slaves who had followed him launched the largest slave rebellions in American History. They would go from home to home killing any white person they would meet. Turner was hung and many black people were killed for siding with Turner. -
Compromise of 1850
Things are very complicated because of the aftermath of the Mexican War and right after the Gold Rush. There was a lot of pressure about admitting a state from the West that doesn't have slavery history and might alter the sectional balance. Henery Clay offered many proposals about how to adjust to this, this is a very tough time in the Senate. Stephan Douglas felt the only way this would work it to break it apart and treat it separately. . It was a shaky compromise and fell apart. -
Fugitive Slave Act
This act was largely unenforced, in the mid-1800's many slaves had made their way to the free states by unground railroads. The pressure from Southern politicians, Congress passed a revised fugative slave act in 1850. This act allowed citizens to assist in capturing runaway slaves. Slaves were not able to have a jury trial, many slaves took undergroud railroads to Canada to escape U.S. jurisdiction. -
Uncle Toms Cabin
A book that "opened the eyes of Northerners on the horrors of slavery". Reverand Josiah Henson was involved in the abolition movement against slavery and his involvement in the underground railroad. He is the person who leads the Author of this book to create, "Uncle Tom". This book made its first appearance in an anti-slavery newspaper, it demanded equal freedom and caused an uproar. This became a worldwide best seller and was translated into many different languages. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas was a series of events (violent) the either supported slavery or didn't support it. In order to settle the fact that they were going to be free or not, people would rush to claim that territory. They would also argue about who would govern in the specific area. They had a pro-slavery and an anti-slavery government set up, Republicans usually backed up anti-slavery while democrats normally backed up pro-slavery. Violence erupted in and around Kansas. The Free States Win! -
Abraham Lincoln Elected President
On November 6, 1860, Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States. The Southern States had threatened to leave the Union if the Republicans gained the White House. The inauguration time came and seven states had left the Union and the Confederate States of America was established. The Civil War started once the Conferates opened fire on the Unions Fort Sumter. Lincon emancipated the slaves (liberated or freed). Lincon preserved the Uniion and brought an end to slavery. -
The Battle of Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter happened in Charleston, South Carolina, April 12, 1861. This was a response to Lincolns election and seven states formed the confederacy. Some people said they can't hold the forts in the Harbor so they should withdrawal all together, others said they should resupllu the forts. Lincon decides to take the himanitarian way. Eventually the confederates took control of Fort Sumpter.
