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The measures contained of this act caused a further divide between the North and the South. North did not want a Fugitive Slave Law and the South feared more free states entering the union. -
A law proposed by Stephen Douglas. It was beleived that the Americans wanted the west to become part of the States. -
A decade long fight for freedom for an enslaved man. The case had made its way to the supreme court and was a vital part to starting the Civil War. -
Two Politicians battled each other in a series of debates to try mend our divided world. Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln. who ever was declared victor was rewarded with a seat on the senate -
John Brown’s Harpers Ferry was the target of an assault by armed abolitionists. the attack was meant to be the first move to establish a group of free slaves -
The Anaconda Plan was a military strategy by Union General Winfield Scott in the early stages of the Civil War. It consisted of naval blockade of the confederate shore, an assault down the Mississippi river and the take over of south by land naval forces. -
Two months before the Emancipation Proclamation the Militia Act was issued. it gave the right to join the army to all African American people. -
The Homestead Acts allowed any person to acquire and own any land previously or currently owned by the government. -
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. Near the end of civil war the Emancipation Proclamations claimed all slaves shall be free -
The conscription (Draft) was put into place to help acquire the diminishing army troops. It helped greatly to meet the demand for the army.