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The first time African slaves were brought into America (Jamestown, Virginia)
Started everything we wouldn’t have this legacy of slaves and all the things we learn about today if it wasn’t for the slaves of Jamestown Virginia. -
The Missouri Compromise
Effort by congress to defuse the sectional and political rivals and that made them super angry is Missouri in the late 1819 for admission as a states. And at the time there were 23 states in the united states and evenly divided by even amount of slavery states and non slavery states -
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The Wilmot Proviso
This was to put in place to get rid of slavery within the land the us got from the Mexican-American war. -
The Compromise of 1850
Decisions over the slavery territory gained in the Mexican-American war were resolved in The compromise of 1850 It consisted of laws admitting California as a free state, creating Utah and New Mexico -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas is the term used to described the period of violence during the settling of the Kansas territory. In 1854 the Kansas-Nebraska Act overturned the Missouri Compromise’s -
The Kansas- Nebraska Act
Was passed by the congress on may 30th 1854, It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. -
Dred Scott Decisions
Dred scott was a slave and his master moved him to IL and WI scott claimed he was a free man because he is in a free state, The supreme court took his case. It ended up to not being free and wasn’t a U.S citizen -
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Lincoln-Douglas Debate
2 politicians from IL attracted the attention of the nation Stephen Douglas challenged Abe Lincoln,from August 21st through October 15. -
John Brown's Raid
John Brown led a group of men across the Potomac River from Maryland to Virginia. They wanted to capture weapons stored at the U.S arsenal.
