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Compromise of 1850
The Compromise called for the admission of California as a "free state," provided for a territorial government for Utah and New Mexico, established a boundary between Texas and the United States, called for the abolition of slave trade in Washington, DC, and amended the Fugitive Slave Act. -
Compromise of 1850
The compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in that temporarily defused tensions between slave and free states. And strengthened fugitive slave act -
Fugitive Slave Act
The fugitive Slave Act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. Which created tension between the North and South. -
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. Which increased tension between North and South. -
Bleeding Kansas
The Bleeding Kansas was violence broke out immediately between these opposing factions and continued until 1861 when Kansas entered the Union as a free state. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
The Kansas Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty. -
Summer Caning
The Summer Caning was a beating that nearly killed Sumner and contributed significantly to the country's polarization over the issue of slavery. It has been considered symbolic of the "breakdown of reasoned discourse" and willingness to resort to violence that eventually led to the Civil War. -
The Pottawatomie Massacre
The Pottawatomie Massacre, was the murder of five men from a pro-slavery settlement on Pottawatomie Creek, Franklin county, Kan., U.S., by an antislavery party led by the abolitionist John Brown and composed largely of men of his family. -
Uncle Scott Decision
The Uncle Scott Decision was a decision made that, African Americans were not citizens of the United States and could not sue in Federal courts. -
Lincoln Douglas Debates
The Lincoln Douglas Debates main focus of these debates was slavery and its influence on American politics and society, specifically the slave power, popular sovereignty, race equality, emancipation, etc. -
John Brown Insurrection
The John Brown Insurrection was a event in which Brown and his men captured prominent citizens and seized the federal armory and arsenal. -
Election of 1860
In the Election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln won the presidential election of 1860 in a four-way contest.
The presidential election turned on a number of issues including secession; the relationship between the federal government, states, and territories; and slavery and abolition. -
South Carolina Secession
The SC Secession was when South Carolina became the first state to secede from the federal Union.