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Missouri Compromise
This compromise let Missouri enter as free state and Maine as slave state and split The Lousiana Purchase in two. This helped to preserve balance of free and slave states and the balance of the union. Terminology: Louisiana Purchase was land purchased from France in the early 1800's. -
Nathaniel Turner's Rebellion
A slave named Nathaniel Turner led a revolt against slaveholders in which he travelled 65 white Southerner's.This event stoked fears of slave revolts in the South and made the South feel more threatened of the destruction of their way of life.
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Wilmont Proviso
The Wilmont Proviso was an appropiation of 2 million dollars for use in land negotiations with Mexico. It cleared the house and helped to create more land but also more free vs. slave state issues.
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Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a package of bills passed in order to preserve peace between slave and free states. In it, The Fugitive Slave Act was passed and the slave trade was abolished in DC. This compromise prevented US from civil war for a little over ten years. Terminology: abolish: do away with, compromise: a coming to agreement between two sides. -
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave act was passed with the Compromise of 1850, and made it illegal for any US citizen to aid or harbor escaped slaves. This created tension and a divide between the North and South that lasted to the civil war. Since neither sides citizens wanted to follow unfavorable laws to their beliefs. Terminology: Fugitive: runaway, harbor: hide and shelter -
Kansas Nebraska Act
The Kansas Nebraska Act essentially repealed Missouri Compromise by allowing popular sovereignty to determine slavery. It creted great debate in Congress because it repealed a very effective compromise and caused violence in Kansas while reigniting constitutional debate. Terminology: Popular Soveringhty: the people's rights to determine issues. -
The Dred Scott Case
The Dred Scott case was a case in which a slave who lived in a free state for a time demanded freedom. He was denied his freedom by the Supreme Court. This caused great anger in the North and fanned flames of sectionalism because it showed that the constitution protected slavery which the South loved and the North hated. Terminology: Sectionalism: fierce loyalty to one's region of a country. -
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
John Brown, an abolitionist, raided a federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry in an attempt to arm slaves. One of the final tipping points towards war this event made Southerners worry that deadly force would be used to destroy slavery. Terminology: abolitionist: someone who opposed slavery -
Lincoln's Election
Abraham Lincoln, a republican, was elected president in 1860 against the South's greatest objections. This is regarded by many as the last straw before civil war, as South Carolina seceded after this event in order to protect their way of life they thought Lincoln would destroy. Terminology: seceded: left the USA -
Battle at Fort Sumter
After the seccesion of South Carolina, many other states soon followed suit. There were still federal forts in the area of the South though. President Jefferson Davis of the Confederacy ordered an attack on one such fort called Fort Sumter. This event marked the beggining of the Civil War as it was the first military attack of the war. Terminology: federal: involving the national governement
