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war of 1812 and president election.
WAR OF 1812 begins as U.S. declares war on Great Britain over issues of borders, trade,
freedom of the seas, and the rights of neutrals. Indians under Tecumseh fight on British side.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: James Madison and Elbridge Gerry are elected president
and vice president (Democratic-Republican).
Louisiana enters Union as 18th state. -
Missouri Compromise
-Missouri became a state
-happened in 1820 in the united states and it involved the pro slavery and anti slavery factions.
-added land to the u.s
-maintained the balance between the north and the south even thought it created tension because they had to choose to make it a slave states or not. -
Nat Turner Rebellion
Nat Turner Rebellion was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton county Virginia in august 1831.the rebellion killed 50 to 66 people and at least 51 of the were white. The rebellion was put down after a few days but turner survived by hiding for two month. This made tension between the north and the south tighten because the slaves where fighting and killing the whites which angered slave owners. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850.this brought a big confrontation between slave and free states.
-drafted by Whig Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky
-brokered by Clay and Democratic Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois.
this tightened tension between the north and the south because it brought problems to the south about representation because they had a lot of slaves and the fugitive slave act made the north mad. -
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Law or Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave-holding interests and Northern Free-Soilers.This increased tension between the north and the south because it was unfair. -
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly, is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S.
this caused tension between the north and the south because it was written by a slave which angered the south also the north used it to stir up support. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and was drafted by Democratic Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois and President Franklin Pierce.
-The initial purpose of the Kansas–Nebraska Act was to open up thousands of new farms and make feasible a Midwestern Transcontinental Railroad. -
Bloody Kansas
Bloody Kansas or the Border War was a series of violent civil confrontations in the United States between 1854 and 1861 which emerged from a political and ideological debate over the legality of slavery in the proposed state of Kansas.
The conflict was characterized by years of electoral fraud, raids, assaults, and retributive murders carried out by pro-slavery.
this created tension because the south was killing slaves which made the north mad. -
Brooks Attacks Sumner
Brooks was widely cheered across the South, where his attack on Sumner was seen as a legitimate and socially justifiable act, upholding the honor of his family in the face of intolerable insults from a social inferior.
this caused tension between the south and the north because the north got disrespected by the south -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
The Lincoln–Douglas debates were a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate for the United States Senate from Illinois, and incumbent Senator Stephen Douglas, the Democratic Party candidate. This brought tension between the north and the south because Abraham Lincoln was with the north and vise versa -
Raid on Harpers Ferry
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was an effort by abolitionist John Brown to initiate an armed slave revolt in 1859 by taking over a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Brown's party of 22 was defeated by a company of U.S. Marines, led by First Lieutenant Israel Greene. Colonel Robert E. This created tension between the north and the south because the south was angary at the slaves because they revolted while the north supported. -
election of 1860
The United States Presidential Election of 1860 was the nineteenth quadrennial presidential election to select the President and Vice President of the United States. The election was held on Tuesday, November 6, 1860. In a four-way contest, the Republican Party ticket of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin emerged triumphant. This created tension between the north and the south because Abraham Lincoln won.
