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Road To The Civil War
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Missouri Compromise
The US Congress admitted Missouri as a slave state while also admitting Main as a free state as well as banning slavery from the rest of the Louisiana Purchase land in the area. -
Tariff of 1828
A protective tariff passed by the US Congress to ensure protection over industry in Northern US. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
A slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia which was led by Nat Turner. This rebellion killed 55-65 people with at least 51 being whit. -
Nullification Crisis
A US sectional political crisis that involved confrontation between South Carolina and the federal government, all being run by with the presidency of Andrew Jackson. -
Texas Annexation Debate
To decide if Texas should be annexed into the US. -
Wilmot Proviso
A proposal to prohibit slavery in a territory that belonged to the US at the end of the Mexican War -
Compromise of 1850
5 separate bills passed by the US Congress which defused a political confrontation between free and slave states within the statuses of territories belonging in the Mexican-American War. -
Fugitive Slave Act
An act the required for slaves to be returned back to their owners even if in a free state. This act also gave the federal government responsibility for finding, returning, and trying escaped slaves. -
Gadsden Purchase
A Treaty for an agreement between the US and Mexico to where the US agreed to pay Mexico 410 million for 29,670 square miles portion of Mexico which later became parts of Alabama and New Mexico -
Bleeding Kansas
A series of violent civil confrontations in the US which happened due to political and ideological debate over if slavery should be legal in Kansas -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Allowed people who were in Kansas or Nebraska to make a decision for themselves whether or not to allow slavery in their borders. -
Ostend Manifesto
A document written to describe the rationale for the US being able to purchase Cuba from Spain, also implying that if Spain refused, the US would declare war. -
Sumner-Brooks Affair
A moment where Rep. Preston Brooks who was pro-slavery used a cane to attack Sen. Charles Sumner due to Charles giving a speech criticizing slaveholders. -
John Brown's Raid
John Brown led an 18 men raid into Harper's Ferry, Virginia in plan to instigate a major slave rebellion located in the South -
Battle of Fort Sumter
Confederate forces decided to occupy Fort Sumter and use it to marshal a defense of Charleston Harbor. Once this happened and was better armed, Fort Sumter would allow Confederates to create a valuable hole in the Union blockade of the Atlantic seaboard.