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The Missouri Compromise
The missouri compromise regulated slavery in the western states leading to disagreements between the north and south. -
Abolitionist Movement
The abolitionist movement was an effort to end slavery, which divided the country because some wanted slavery while others did not. -
Compronise of 1850
It was created to help settle the disagreements between the north and south. It let California come in as a free state balancing the states. Balancing the free & slave states lead the north and south to rift -
The kansas- Nebraska Act
The Kansas- Nebraska Act repealed the missouri compromise and the people in the north saw it as the south having more control. It made the south look more aggresive and created the anti-slavery Republican Party -
The Fugative Slave Act
The Fugative Slave Act declared that slaves are not free if they escape to the north. If someone from the North harbors a fugative slave then they become a fugative which lead to the north getting mad -
Bleeding Kansas
Violence between Kansas territory & Missouri broke out after people started to question whether or not Kansas would become a free state or a slave state. It was a small war between the north and south and also last major event before the Civil war -
Lincoln - Douglas Debates
Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A Douglas debated about slave states. This lead to t -
John Brown’s Raid and Nat Turner
John Brown’s Raid was an uprising that had the goal of seizing weapons to distribute to Southern slaves. Nat Turner led a slave rebellion. The two of these influenced more slave rebellions, which led up to the Civil War. -
Election of Abraham
Abraham Lincoln was a republican, which made the southerners fear what was going to come. After voting, the south seceded from the Union, and others followed after them. -
The Pro- Slavery Argument
The defenders of slavery believed that if slaves were freed, there would be unemployment and chaos. There was others who did not defend slavery. This led to separation of people because of different opinions.
