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⅗ Compromise
Debate at the Constitutional Convention over how slaves should be counted towards representation. North did not want the slaves to count because more representatives for the south in the House of Representatives. South wanted all of the slaves to count -
Missouri Compromise
Tensions between the south and north in which states slavery would be allowed . North didn’t want to allow slavery in their states, the South did.
They made Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state in order to keep the number of free and slave states equal. The rest of the louisiana territory was declared free -
Compromise of 1850
Conlift between the sides after the passing of five separate which unbalanced the number of slave and free states. bills . North wanted more free slaves states while South wanted more slave states.
Texas would keep the land but, for recompense for loss be given 10 million dollar. New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, California and Utah would be free states. -
Fugitive Slave Act
Conflict over a act passed by congress as part of the compromise of 1850 between Southern slave owners interests and Northern free citizens. The South wanted their slaves back, the North wanted them to be free.
A law passed by the government in order to capture and bring back escaped owned slaves The capture and return of runaway slaves to their owner; from free states. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
North though it was just the beginning of the U.S. becoming a slave country, South sent people to try to make a slave state.
A law allowing the people of Kansas and Nebraska decide if slavery was allowed in there boarders -
Supreme Court: Dred Scott v. Sandford
To determine who are citizens of the states and if slaves are considered free when in a free state. When Dred Scott who was a slave to a owner who had passed away recent fought for his freedom after being forced into slavery while in free states.
Declared Missouri compromise unconstitutional and allowed blacks to become citizens since they would included in such things as voting. Slavers are considered property and property was protected. -
Abraham Lincoln’s Election
Was allected and favored freeing slaves -
The Battle of Fort Sumter
Abraham Lincoln made the decision to send fresh supplies to the beleaguered garrisons. -
Frederick Douglass
A cilvil right activist that wanted to abolish slavery in America. He was the first black citizen to hold a high U.S. government rank
