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Missouri Compromise
The Missouri compromise passed in 1820 was a settlement to the issue of admitting Missouri and Maine into the union. Missouri was admitted as a slave's state and Maine a free stated, but the north also got any state admitted above the 36° 30’ latitude line would be a free state. This act was later nullified by the supreme court so slavery could spread past that point. -
Wilmot Proviso
The Wilmot proviso was a plan to get rid of slavery is the land taken over after the Mexican war. As soon as the war began President James K.Polk set out to make a treaty with mexico to make the land pro-slavery. It did ultimately fail but it inflamed the battle between the north and south and brought back the republican party later. -
Compromise of 1850
After debating for many months, countless revotes, and a death caused by food poisoning. The congress was ready for compromise, Millard Fillmore (Zachary Taylor’s successor) strived for compromise between the north and south. Later California was admitted and became a free state and the south got new mexico and Utah. Texas lost its capital and was paid 10 million dollars the slave trade ended, and the fugitive slave act was passed letting the south recapture slaves. -
Fugitive Slave Act
The fugitive slave acts was part of the 1850 compromise, it allowed slave owners to go too the north and recapture their runaway slaves. This system was widely abused because you could accuse someone of being a runaway slave and they would automatically be taken back to the south because slaves were considered property so they could not have trial. -
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Uncle tom's cabin is a book published by Harriet Beecher Stowe on March 20, 1852 was a story about how slaves were treated in the south and was part of the ground work leading to the civil war. 300,000 copies of the story were sold in the first year and was said to be the most popular book of is day. -
Kansas Nebraska Act / Bleeding Kansas
The Kansas Nebraska Act was the Kansas Nebraska Bill of 1854 that got rid of the previous legislation that limited the expansion of slavery, such as the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850. Bleeding Kansas is the term used for all the violence that happened during the settling of the Kansas territory. -
Dred Scott Case
In March of 1857, the Dred Scott v. Stanford case happened. Dred Scott was a slave, but him and his owner moved to a free state. Dred thought he should be free since he lived in a free state so he sued his owner. He didn’t win the case because his owner paid for him so Dred was his property. -
Lincoln Douglas Debate
Lincoln and Douglas were both running for a seat in the senate. Lincoln did not like slavery and Douglas on the other hand thought Douglas thought states should choose if they wanted slavery in their state. Douglas won the seat in the Senate. -
John Brown’s Raid
John Brown lead a small group of people that raided a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia. He wanted to start an armed slave revolt to end slavery. -
Lincoln’s Election of 1860
Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the U.S. He was the first republican president to become president. He only received 40% of the popular vote, but still beat the other three candidates. -
Southern Secession
At the start of the civil war a series of events that began on December 20th, 1860 that continued through the next year. Some of the south states seceded and made their own country.
