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Importation of Slaves Ends
At the beginning of 1808 a federal law was put into place to stop the trade and importation of captive people from Africa. This did not stop the slave trade as a whole, but it made it a little bit harder to get slaves into the country. I think that this event was mostly social and political, the North and South disagreed on the ethicality of the slave trade, making it political, and this impacted the lively hoods of slaves in America and Africans, making it social. -
The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was the event of Missouri being declared as a slave state to the Union, and making Maine a free state. To keep the balance of free and not free sates, they switched out Missouri and Maine. I think that the Missouri Compromise was mostly political and social. They were switching the laws of the states, making it political, and they were making slaves in Maine free, but not in Missouri, making it social. -
The Wilmot Proviso
The Wilmot Proviso was a bill that said that slavery should no longer exist. It was passed in the House of Representatives and angered a lot of southerners. I feel that the Wilmot Proviso was mostly political and social as it was a power move by the north, making it political, and it affected the lives of slaves and indentured servants, making it social. -
The Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was proposed by Clay Henry and it stated several different resolutions, the first being California entering as a free state, but any leftover land belonging to Mexico. Settling the boundary between New Mexico and Texas, compensating Texas for its debts. And ending the slave trade in DC. I feel that this was political and economic. It was allowing states to join the union and changing laws in certain states, making it political, and it was ending debts, making it economic. -
The Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act was proposed by Henry Clay to benefit slave holders. It made it so that any African American in the country could be accused of running away, all that was needed was a white man to claim that they were their slave, or that they saw them runaway, and then the individual would be a slave. I think that this is a social issue. It affected the lives of many individuals and put the country back many steps. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin was a story written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It reached the northern countries and helped upper-class white families to understand the emotional impact that slavery had on Black people. It was made into plays and helped to connect slaves to white men. I think that this event is social. It allowed groups of people to understand another group of people better, and led to a change in livelihoods. -
The Kansas Nebraska Act
The Kansas Nebraska Act was a bill that repealed the Missouri Compromise, brought two new states into the Union, and allowed those new territories to decide whether they wanted to allow slavery or not. I think that this event was Social and Political. I affected the lives of my different groups, making it social. And affected the rest of the countries stance on slavery, making it political. -
Bleeding Kansas
In 1855 pro and anti-slavery individuals rushed to Kansas to try and defend their position. The proslavery individuals wrecked the town of %Lawrence and several people died. I think this was political and social. These people had political differences which caused them to have social issues. -
The Caning of Charles Sumner
The caning of Charles Sumner was an event that took place because the southerners did not like his anti-slavery speech. An individual caned Sumner and left him severely injured. I think that this is political and social. They had political differences that led to social violence. -
The Dred Scott Decision
In 1857 Dred Scott requested the freedom to vote since he was not a slave. The courts decided that if any African person was a slave or had slave ancestry, they were not to be able to vote. I feel that this is a mostly social issue. The African people in the country did not have any human rights, which is a social issue.