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Slavery Timeline
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The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise maintained the balance of free and slave states in the Union. It also passed an amendment that drew an imaginary line across the former Louisiana Territory, establishing a boundary between free and slave regions that remained the law of the land until it was negated by the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. -
Dred-Scott case
The Dred-Scott case stated that any african brought into the U.S. was not an U.S citzen, and was not protected by the constitution. This affected the North and South because its basically saying that most slaves can't be a U.S. citzen. -
Formation of Free-soil Party
The Free-soil party was formed to prevent slavery from moving on West. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a law passed that any fugitive slaves that were caught were to get captured and sent back to wherever they came from. This affected the North and South beause they would have to communicate with each other, to find the slaves and capture and return them. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin was a book that was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, and how she saw the horrors of of slavery while living in Cincinnati. It affected the North and South by touching people by her story, and the Northern changed their views on slavery, but the Southern objected to the book. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act, was made to allow new places/territories to decide whether or not they approve slavery. This affected the North and South by creating tension between the two. -
Formation of Republican Party
The Formation of the Republican party was to stop slavery from spreading, and end slavery in the Western territories. This affected the North and South because if slavery did end in the western territories it would be a big change. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas happened because after the kansas-nebraska act happened people started fighting about whether or not to have slavery. This created tension between the North and South. -
John Brown's Raid
John Brown led him and a small army of 18 men right into Harper's Ferry, and his goal was to start a slave rebellion in the South. This would affect the North and South because he was trying to end slavery in the South, and people looked at him like he was insane. -
Election of 1860
The North and South couldn't decide who they wanted their canidate to be for president, so that gave the Republicans an advantage and chose abraham linchon, so he became president and ended slavery and that was a huge deal then and still is.
