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Dred Scott Case
In 1814, Dred Scott,who had resided in a free state and territory was not thereby entitled to his freedom; that African Americans were not and could never be citizens of the United States; and that the Missouri Compromise, which had declared free all territories west of Missouri, was unconstitutional. This decision urged the US closer to having a civil war -
Missouri Compromise
In an effort to preserve the balance of power in Congress between slave and free states, the Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. This made every state over the Missouri line unable to be a slave state. This impacted history because this made more balance and helped the voting balance to be equal. -
Wilmot Proviso
Wilmpt Proviso proposed an American Law to ban slavery in territory to stop the extension of slavery during the 1840s. The conflict over the Wilmot Proviso was one of the major events leading to the American Civil war. James Polk requested peace from Mexico but did not recieve any. This impacted history because this stopped spreading slavery for the time being and help break ties with Mexico -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850, signed by Henry Clay, consists of five laws passed in September of 1850 that dealt with the issue of slavery. In 1849 California requested permission to enter the Union as a free state, potentially upsetting the balance between the free and slave states in the U.S. Senate. This impacted history because now slave states above the Missouri line would become free making smuggling slave a usual among slave owners. -
Fugitive slave act
in U.S. history, statutes passed by Congress in 1793 and 1850 provided for the seizure and return of runaway slaves who escaped from one state into another or into a federal territory. The only way that a save could get away was to escape to another state but almost all slaves that run away successfully were returned. This impacted history because this made free slaves okay to be taken to plantations as a slave. -
Kansas Nebraska Act / Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas is the term used to describe the period of violence during the settling of the Kansas territory. In 1854 the Kansas-Nebraska Act overturned the Missouri Compromise’s use of latitude as the boundary between slave and free territory and instead, using the principle of popular sovereignty, decreed that the residents would determine whether the area became a free state or a slave state. This was a mini civil war that was fought about the issue on slavery. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This was a book for abolitionists and was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1851. This book was to inform the North on how bad slavery actually was. This got criticism from the South and they responded by calling out about the book being false. This caused more people to become abolitionists and help abolish slavery. -
Lincoln Douglas debate
There was a series of seven debates between the Democratic senator Stephen Douglas and Republican challenger Lincoln during the 1858 Illinois senatorial campaign, largely concerning the issue of slavery extension into the territories. Douglas was for slavery. The republicans voted for Lincoln but half of the Democrats did as well because they were abolitionists too. Lincoln had southern states secede and broke the nation. -
John Brown Raid
On July 3, 1859, Brown arrived in Harpers Ferry, accompanied by his sons, Oliver and Owen, and Jeremiah Anderson. In the preceding months, he had raised money from other abolitionists and ordered weapons — pikes and guns — to be used in his war against slavery. This will impact history because a war will break out and the country will seperate. -
Southern session
This was when eleven states in the the South left the Union due to Lincoln becoming president. They wanted slavery and knew that Lincoln would wipe it out of the US. This impacted history because now the South will forever want the South to rise and the country will devide and cause war.
