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battle at Fort Sumter
There was no loss of life but thousands of shots were fired. President Lincoln issued a call for troops and volunteers signed up quickly. This was the start of the Civil War. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was a compromise that preserved balance between the North and South. The Missouri Compromise also brought a brief lull in the debate about slavery. The effect of the Missouri Compromise was that Missouri would become a slave state and Maine would become a free state -
Nathaniel Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner saw eclipse an eclipse of the sun and took it as a sign from God to kill his enemies. He and about a group of 55 black men killed their slave holders family and after that went from farm to farm killing all of the whites he encountered. Nat Turner and his group were caught weeks later and then exectuted. This put fear in many slave holders of another violent uprising. -
Wilmot proviso
Represtative David Wilmlt of Pennsylvania introduced a proposal that would ban slavery from any land aquired by Mexico. Southerners protested this idea and believed antislavery policies endangered slavery everywhere. This proposal did not pass but caused many briitle agruments. 1846-1850 -
Compromise of 1850
In 1850, Henry Clay came up with a compromise that would make California a free state and the other territories would have no limits on slavery. This caused much commotion and arguements. Senator Daniel Webster supported the plan because he thought that slavery had little chance becuase the land was not fit for plantations. After President Taylor die unexpectadly Senator Stephen A. Douglas would divide the compromise into 5 diffrent part that could be voted on seperatley. -
Compromise of 1850
Taken, together these laws became known as the Compromise of 1850. -
Fugitive Slave Act
As part of the Compromie of 1850, passed the Fugitive Slave Act as an attempt to pacify slaveholders. This law required all citzen to help capture slaves and anyone who aided a fugitive could be fined or imprisoned. This law convinced more people in the North of the evil of slavery. Slavehunters would capture runaways and other African Americans and bring them back to the plantation and put them to work. Many African- Americans avoided capture through the Underground Railroad. -
Kansas- Nebraska Act " Bleeding kansas"
Stephen A. Douglas introduced a bill in Congress that would organize the states of Kansas and Nebraska. The states were believe to become free states because of their location. But Southners would object this because it would give the Northners more votes in the Senate. These disagreement caused violence in Kansas which would becpme known as Bleeding Kansas. -
Dred Scott Case
Dred Scott was a slave to a doctor who bought Scott in Missouri then moved to Illinois and then bsck to Missouri. The doctor died in Missouri but Scottt claimed he should be a free man because he once lived in a free territory. This case was so major it was brought to the Supreme Court where they ruled Scott still a slave. The ruling divided the country even more and Northners were angered with the ruling. Many offered to buy Scott out of slavery but they did not allow. -
John Browns Raid on Harpers Ferry
October 16-18, 1859. Financed by wealthy abolitionists Brown led a raid to capture the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Brown hoped to use the weapans to spark an uprising by enslaved people in Virginia. Federal troops commanded by General Robert E. Lee crushed Browns raid. The surviving men from the raid were later captured and then hanged. -
Lincolns Eletion
Not sure of day in November it was. Abraham Lincoln and Steven A. Douglas were the two canidates. Both disliked slavery and were successful laters. There were 7 meetings over a span of 3 months that Lincoln and Douglas discussed topics but most of them were about slavery. These events gained respect for Lincoln. Lincoln won the election by a clear majority. Licolns name did not even appear on one Southern states ballot but he won every state in the North. -
Battle at Fort Sumter
One day, after Lincoln took office the commander at Fort Sumter sent a letter to Lincoln saying that the Fort was low on supplies and the south was demanding a surrendor. Lincoln responded by sending the Govenor of South Carolina a letter saying that he was sending supplies with troops and they would not fire or attack unless fired upon. Jefferson Davis made a fatal descision ordering troops to fire upon the Fort before the supplies arrived.
