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The Missouri Compromise
In 1819 states joined the Union as a free or slave state, there were eleven free states and eleven slave states. When Missouri applied admission to the Union as a free state it would upset the south due to the unequal balance in the Union. Maine also applied admission as a free state, southerns blocked the admission. Senator Jesse B. Thomas passed a bill stating Missouri will go in the Union as a slave state and Maine will go in a free state to have an equal balance. This lead to the Civil War. -
Abolitionist Movement
In 1820, The Abolitionist Movements goal was to emancipate slavery and the end of racial discrimination and segregation in the South. Federick Douglas a runaway slave leading the movement shed the light of slavery. Which influenced the Canada, Britain, and Ireland abolishing slavery. The Abolitionist Movement lead to The Civil War. -
Nat Turner Slave Rebellion
In August 1831, Nat Turner a slave preacher believed God chose him to strip the sins of slavery making the biggest uprising slave rebellion in history. Turner and his seventy of his followers formed together going through many plantations in Southern Virginia killing sixty white people. This made many white people rebel back causing Nat Turner to be prosecuted with a few of his followers. Nat Turner's rebellion lead to the Civil War. -
Mexican War Ends
In 1848, The Mexicn War ended making the treaty of Hidalgo causing America to ceced to western territories. With states joining the Union made the problem of western territories being admitted as free states or slave states. The Mexican War ending lead to the Civil War. -
Fugitive Slave Act
Many Pro-Slavery people were angry towards the shift of California becoming a free state in the Union causing The Fugitive Slave Law which stated if a slave escaped they must be returned to their masters. The result of the Law caused officials the right to arrest any suspects of fugitive slave and being liable to $1,000. This law lead to The Civil War. -
Uncle Tom's Cabbin
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a powerful abolitionist novel which fueled the fire of the human rights debate in 1852. The noel reviled the establishment of slavery in substantial terms, the combustible novel quickly drew any person in especially the north (that were not common to slavery), into the world of slaves and their masters. The novel lead to the Civil War. -
Bleeding Kansas
In the spring of 1855, "Bleeding Kansas" was a term to describe a violent period during the settling of Kansas. Using the principle of popular sovereignty, the people that live in Kansas would decide if the state should be a slave state or a free state. Pro-slavery and free state people went to invade Kansas to influence the decision with bribery or violence causing people to make violent uprisng. Bleesing Kansas lead to the Civil War. -
Charles Sumner is attacked
In May 21, 1856, Senator Charles Sumner avowed Abolitionist and leader of the Republican Party. Sumner read a bitter speech named "The Crime Against Kansas" and saying hateful comments towards South Carolina's Senator Andrew Butler. This made Representative Preston Brooks of South Carolina angry due to him beng a relative to Buter and defending, Brooks wanted to teach Sumner a lesson beaing him 30 times with a cane. This attack lead to The Civil War. -
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Fairy
On October 1, 1859, John Brown and twenty-one of his followers planned to have have an uprising in Harpes Fairy, Virginia to emancipate slavery. Brown and his followers killed many white people causing him to be executed. Harpers Fairy uprising lead to the Civil War. -
Abrham Lincoln being elected
Abraham Licoln was elected President in November 1860. Fearing his reasons of slavery South Carolina suceding causing ten other states to follow. States ceceding will cause an unbalance in the Union. Abraham Licoln's election lead the Civil War.
