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Uncle Tom's Cabin
The tale of Uncle Tom, an enslaved individual, is told in Uncle Tom's Cabin. Uncle Tom is portrayed as noble, virtuous, and unwavering in his convictions. Tom saves the life of Little Eva, a kind and understanding little girl, when they are being brought by boat to an auction in New Orleans. Little Eva's father, who is thankful, then buys Tom. -
The Foundation of the Republican Party
One of the two main political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party, is the Republican Party. The Republican Party advocated for the total abolishment of slavery in the 19th century and opposed its spread to the nation's new territories. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was proposed by Illinois senator Stephen Douglass. The measure repealed the Missouri Compromise's prohibition on slavery north from the 36°30' latitude border and established popular sovereignty over slavery in Kansas and Nebraska. Later, President Franklin Pierce passed the bill into law. -
Bloody Kansas
A civil war broke out between pro- and anti-slavery activists over who would rule the newly formed state of Kansas on the theory of popular sovereignty. -
Brooks-Sumner Incident
Quickly, Brooks struck Sumner in the head with his cane with a metal tip. Sumner stood up and stumbled about the room, trying in vain to defend himself as Brooks continued to hit him. It finished after a very long minute. Sumner, covered in blood, was taken away. -
Election of 1856
The Second Party System came to an end with this election, which also happened to be the final Democratic presidential win until 1884 because Republicans took control of the party both during and after the Civil War. -
Dred Scott
The United States Supreme Court surprised the country in 1857 when it ruled that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional, denied black citizenship in America, and upheld slavery in US territory. All Slaves are property and have no right to sue the government. -
LeCompton Consitution
The Lecompton Constitution is a document that supports slavery. If ratified, Kansas would become a slave state. The free-state legislature and the pro-slavery constitutional convention both asserted their right to hold elections under the Lecompton Constitution. -
Lincoln Douglas Debates
Douglas attempted to depict Lincoln as a dangerous radical, but Lincoln insisted that slavery was immoral. Douglas won a Senate seat, but other Democrats were offended by his views. He was no longer the powerful party leader. -
House Divided Speech
Lincoln retorted that slavery was already lawful in the North and in all of the territories that the United States had invaded because of the Dred Scott ruling from the previous year. -
Harper's Ferry
The raid claimed the lives of sixteen persons, ten of whom were Brown's men. Shields Green, John Copeland, Edwin Coppoc, Aaron Stevens, and John Brown were sent to Charles Town, Virginia, for prison. -
John Brown
Brown became a martyr, a hero, and eventually a sign of the end of slavery for abolitionists and antislavery militants, both black and white. The majority of Northern whites were horrified by his act of violence, particularly those who were not abolitionists. However, he was also backed by a lot of people in the area. -
The Seccesion
Ahead of the American Civil War came secession.In American history, secession has always been seen as a danger rather than as a real breakup of the Union. The Declaration of Independence provided pro-secessionists with a philosophical rationale for changing or eliminating an existing government and establishing a new one. -
Election of 1860
The presidential election in the United States of 1860 took place on November 6, 1860, and Abraham Lincoln won over Democratic candidates Stephen A. Douglas, John C. Breckinridge, and John Bell, who was running for the Constitutional Union. -
Lincoln's 1st lnaugural Address
His primary objective in giving the inauguration speech was to preserve the union and avoid civil war, which he saw as leaving the nation vulnerable to invasion by France and Britain. He reassured the slaved states that he would not abolish slavery in order to remain as neutral as possible.