-
Period: to
CIvil War
-
Fugitive Slave Law
Was a law that was created to say slaves couldnt escape and the slave had to be brought back to the south -
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Missouri became a free state along with Maine -
Compromise of 1850
This was over utah and mexico could create a new law which was to have california become a free state. -
Underground Railroad
Saved hundreds of slaves from being tortured or even worst killed Harriet Tubman was the leader of this event. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
North wanted Kansas and Nebraska to be free so the compromise stated that they would be free -
Brooks Vs. Charles
Charles Sumner was giving a speech and Preston Brooks disagreed very much so the next day brooks found sumner and beat him over the head with his cane untill he was pulled away from him. -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott wasn't treated as a human and was sentenced as property so he was not a U.S. citizen