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The Abolition Movement
The movement to end slavery. In the early 1800’s, antislavery protests were held to send free slaves to Africa. The movement slowly went throughout the northern United States. The southern states did want this to happen. Beliefs were that the North was favored over the South. Led to differences between the two regions. -
The Nullification Crisis
Ordinace by the State that Federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 was unconstitutional and Null and Void in the boundaries of South Carolina. Beliefs were that the North was favored over the South. Led to differences between the two regions. -
Frederick Douglass and the North Star
Frederick Douglass was a abolitionist, journalist, and orator. hewas referred to as the "father" of modern civil rights movements. He was successful in getting the Black American men into the Civil War as full-fledged soldiers. He had hree rules: Believe in yourself. Take advantage of every opportunity. Use the power of spoken and written language to effect positive change for yourself and society. -
The Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was five bills to increase the spread of slavery in territories in order to keep the North and the South in balance. The five bills were: 1. California was a free state. 2.New Mexico and Utah had the rights to let the people decide whether they were free or slave. 3. Republic of Texas gave up their land to New Mexico to pay back there debts. 4. Slavery was abolished in District of Columbia. 5. The Fugitive slave act was officials to arrest a runaway slave. -
The Kansas/Nebraska Act and popular sovereignty
The Kansas/Nebraska Act was to open new lands for settlement. This caused the Missouri Compromise of 1850 to allow the terrirotories to decide if they would allow slavery in each territory. They were working towards a transcontinental Railroad and opening thousands of new farms. -
Bleeding Kansas
This was when Kansas had lot of violence between 184 and 1858 on whether or not their territory would be free or slave. Sitution known as popular soverignty. With the passage of the act, people from everywhere came to try and convince them of slavery. As well as thousands of anti-slavery supporters came. On May 21, 1956 Lawrence, Kansas was a free-state area and ramsackers came from the border to ramsack and cause violence. -
The Dred Scott decision
Dred Scott lived in a free state of Illinois and free Territory of Wisconsin before he moved to a slave state of Missouri. The argument was that he was not allowed to sue because he was not a citizen of the United States. He was able to take it to the Supreme Court in hopes of his freedom being granted. He lost the case but it did bring National attention. This created the Panic of 1857 in whether or not it was going to turn like he Bleeding of Kansas or become slave territory. -
The Election of Abraham Lincoln
Abe Lincoln declared that even if he lost the election he would still defeat the Confederacy. It is viewed as a chain of events that led to the Civil War in April 1861. He was a lawyer from Illnois. When the results were announced South Carolina started a succesion and dissolved the Union when its legislature voted to secede. -
South Carolina secession
South Carolina secession happened after Abe Lincoln won the election of President of the United States. Some say it was because of slavery, economics or nullification. The Government passed laws to carry into effect of the States. Many years these laws were executed but a increasing hostility on the part of the non-slaveholding States to the institution of slavery, led to disregard of obligations. This caused the laws of the Government to cease as the effect the objects of the Constitution. -
Formation of the Confederate States of America
The first twenty five days of the Confederacy did not have a official flag. The Civil War was between the Confederacy and the Union. The Confederate States of America incorporate eleven states in the southern region that no longer affiliated themselves with the Union. Seven states led the foundation of the Confederacy in Montgomery Alabama in a six day meeting in February 1861.
