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3/5 th Compromise
The three-fifths compromise was one that took place during the Constitutional Convention in Philidelphia in 1787. It stated that only three-fifths of the slavery population counted towards the votes in taxiation without representation. This agreement was between the Northern and Southern states which showed that the North did not want to count slaves at all but the South wanted to count slaves as people. -
Mexican-American War
The Mexican-American war was fought between the United States and Mexico. This battle was mostly fought over land and the Americans wanting to gain California and other Mexican lands. During this time, James K Polk set out across the Pacific Ocean to spread manifest destiny. As a result, America gained most of Mexico territory, California, and New Mexico. -
Compromise Of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was made by Henry Clay. He went to congress with a series of biills that made up this compromise. It stated that Texas could have its terrritory all the way to Santa Fe, but they had to pay 10 million dollars which helped pay for Mexico. New states such as New Mexico, Utah, Arizona would be anti-slave states unless voted otherwise, California was a free state. This unbalanced the ratio of slave states to free states because it did not add any slave states at this time. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin was a book written by one of the greatest slave abolotionists, Harriet Beecher Stowe. This book showed how bad slavery was and why people should be anti-slavery and made the Northeners more against it creating chaos. -
Kansas-Nebraska act
The Kansas-Nebraska act was made by Stephen A Douglas and allowed each territory to decide whether or not they wanted slavery. This went against the Missouri Compromise because it uses popular soverginty and it created tension between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery states. This chaos resulted in an event called Bleeding Kansas and led to the civil war. -
John Brown Raid
On October 16, 1859, John Brown who was a very strong abolitionist led twenty one men to Harpers Ferry, Virginia to arm slaves. Here he wanted to arm slaves with his new weapons, and have them join his army but he and his twenty one men were either captured or killed within a day or two. John Raid was charged with various things and put to trial. Because of this he was hung and sentenced to death. -
The Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment states "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." This was signed by Amerham Lincholn and it basically stated that congress would abolish slavery. This was a law that many people went against later in history. It created chaos in the South when slavery was not permitted.
