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Underground Railroad
the underground railroad was a system of paths and houses that helped the runaway slaves escape the south. the paths went north to the free states and canada. some of them even went down to mexico or overseas. the underground railroad was formed in the early 19th century, and reached its height between 1850 and 1860. slaves generally ran from the upper south because it was easier than running from the deep south. -
The Missouri Compromise
Missouri admitted into union as a slave state with a provision that proportions of the Louisiana territory lying north of 36,30 north latitude be free. -
The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri compromise was about the north and south fighting about if Missouri should be a free or slave state. The northerners thought that Missouri should have been a free state. The southerners wanted Missouri to be a slave state. Missouri became a slave state even though it lays on the north side of the 36,30. Maine came into state hood. The two part compromise was half of Missouri was slave and the other half was a free. -
Nat Turners Rebellion
Nat Turner was an intelliegent and religious young man. Nat Turner was the leader of slave rebellion that was in virginia. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
Stephen Douglas wanted to build a railroad from Chicago to the west. Douglas wanted to run for president. Douglas tried to score points from both the north and the south. The Kansas Nebraska Act introduced in the US senate in January 1854. He knew the KNA would make the south happy. The northerners wouldn’t object to replying in popular soverinty. -
Compromise of 1850
The compromise of 1850
The compromise of 1850 was about Texas paying Mexico 10 million dollars to pay off its dept. The territories of new mexico, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah would be organized without the mention of slavery. Out of all the bills that made up the compromise of 1850, the fugitive slave act was the most controversial. Required the citizens to assist in the recovery of the fugitive slaves.
