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The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was to allow Missouri to enter and become a state, (slave state) as long as Maine joined as a free state to keep the balance, they also made future agreements that the south states later on could permit slavery and the north wouldn’t, this was crucial for slave states to maintain the balance of Free and slave states, otherwise one would gain more power and take over, the balance also allowed them to keep their influence on politics and interest to slavery going. -
The rise and fall of the Tariff of 1828
The tariff placed on the nation made imported Goods more expensive so it made it rough for the southern side of the U.S. South Carolina Wanted to Nullify the Tariff, after trying the government deemed it unsuccessful but in 1832 they dropped the Tariffs meaning that imported goods were now cheaper. Meaning that the cotton was in higher demand, and the south needed/used slaves to get cotton. And since it was in higher demand, slavery increased to increase the cotton production. -
Underground railroads
It was a network of secretly created routes to help enslaved people try and escape to free states or even Canada. this challenged the reinforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act and helped support abolishment movements. they used secret codes to help communicate them through the railroads including songs, quilts, and certain phrases to help see if it was safe or not, This resulted in harsher punishments for slaves trying to escape, but also helped boost the abolishment movement. (no specific date). -
Nat Turners Rebellion
Nat Turner was an enslaved man, who led and taught violent uprising on their slaveholder(s), this resulted in Deaths of 50-70 white slave owners which showed multiple other slave owners fear from slaves, They did not want to be the one that was rebelled and killed next, so in order to figure out a result they wanted to kill Nat Turner and his people who supported him, they only killed his main supporters, they also established stricter slave codes and harsher treatments to prevent more rebellion -
Texas Annexation/Mexican-American war
The Texas Annexation was when Texas because a state of the U.S, Mexico didn’t really understand and thought it was their territory. So a war broke out for who has Texas and it ended in a treaty where Guadeloupe Hidalgo recognized Texas as a U.S state, this ended up increasing slavery because new territories such as California, New Mexico, and Texas raised questions weather that they should be slave states since they are southern states. This raised concerns and ended up leading to the civil war. -
Formation of republican/Anti-slave party in 1850’s
It was a party formed by the Northern (republican) side to have annual meetings about the slavery and how to end it in the Newer territories (out west). They also wanted to discuss the end of slavery. And they became a big act in the Growing act of anti-slavery community it helped gain more people on the side of anti-slavery for the up coming civil war that people might not have fully realized was coming. -
The Compromise of 1850
It was a series of events trying to figure out weather or not that the newly added states should be slave or free states, This ended up being decided by popular sovereignty, But it did include the admission for California to be a free state. But this just increased tensions between their north and south. -
The publishing of Uncle Toms Cabin by Harriet bleacher Stowe
She published the book to show insights of the harsh punishment and reality of how we treated slaves, it opened many peoples minds and moved thousands of hearts/emotions in the right direction. This was a crucial part in showing the people how inhuman it is to treat someone like that. The copy of Uncle Toms cabin sold over 300,000 copies (as a woman, which was very hard back in the day) starting a big contribution of the abolition movement of ending slavery. -
The Kansas Nebraska act of 1854
The Kansas Nebraska act allowed the territories of Nebraska and Kansas to decide for themselves by popular sovereignty, since these were northern states it was like the Missouri Compromise of 1820 was repealed, and many people rushed to Kansas and Nebraska ( ANTI-SLAVERY & PRO-SLAVERY). This was bad because not only did it end up in violent acts like riots and arguments but it was b it enough to be known to man as “Bleeding Kansas” (Kansas was now recognized as Pro-slavery in the states). -
Dred Scott vs. The Supreme Court
Basically it was a court case and the court decision made by the Supreme Court decided weather or not slaves could have a name for themselves “citizens” the court decided that neither Slave or Free African American could not bring a case to the federal court. Dred Scott was in fact an African American man who wanted citizenship and the rights to sue in federal court, it also brought up the fact weather or not the congress had authority to prohibit slavery in the territories. Both options refused -
The Impending Crisis of the South
It was another book that was published against slavery and the opinions of slavery, it was published by Hinton Rowan Helper who argued that slavery did not truly benefit the economy, he also highlighted or made clear examples how it had disadvantages on the poor white southerners, it added more Anti-slavery in the north. It sold over 143,000 copies of the book truly making a difference for the Anti-slavery in the future war to come. -
The election of Abraham Lincoln in 1960
when president Lincoln was elected for presidency, it was absolutely huge for the slavery abolition, because his anti-slavery views were so strong he was apart of the Republican party that the southern states feared Lincoln would threaten their way of life and how they earned money/way of living with slavery. (This was true, they should have feared Lincoln because they don't know what he is going to do). Lincoln made the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 freeing slaves in confederate territory