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1820-the Missouri compromise
The Missouri compromise was a big event for the fueling of the metaphorical fire that was the civil war, it gave the south more land for slavery, that being the entire state of Missouri however that made it totally illegal for people to own slaves kin the northern states. -
1830-Indian removal act
The Indian removal act was an act signed by Andrew Jackson on may 28th 1830, this act forced the removal of Native American people from southern lands and moving them to land west of the Mississippi River, the land gained from this act was five million acres of land open to southern slave owners, this was problematic to the northern states because this is a lot of land to be opened up for future plantations and thus many more slaves in America. -
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Mexican American war
The Mexican American war was a war fought between, the US and Mexico. This war was started over the official ownership over Texas, Texas was at the time no longer a part of Mexico, the people who lived in Texas felt they didn’t get any attention from the Mexican gov., they wanted to join the US, but the Mexican gov. didn’t take to kindly to this decision made by the Texans, they felt they were still Mexican citizens and, if the US got this new territory it would be much more land for slavery. -
1850-compromise of 1850
The compromise of 1850 was a series of five laws that were passed that significantly rose tensions between the north and south states, those laws were
An act to suppress the slave trade in the District of Columbia
An act to establish a territorial government for Utah
An act for the administration of the state of California into the union
An act proposing to the state of Texas the establishment of northern and western boundaries
An act to amend, an act entitled “an act respecting fugitives” -
1850- the fugitive slave act
The fugitive slave act allowed for the capture of ANY run away slaves in the United States territory, including in the free northern states of the United States. -
1850-California statehood
One big debate between north and south congressmen was the argument of slavery in the new state of California, northern delegates were of course wanting independence for all peoples in the new California, but of course the representatives from the south wanted slavery in America, there were a couple of compromises, one of them being the choice of the people, this obviously favored the north because the majority of people living in California at the time, were not wealthy enough to own slaves. -
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1855-1867 bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas was a series of different conflicts that took place from 1855-1867, these were started because there was large political debate over the ethicality of slavery, and in the end roughly 60-200 people were killed in bleeding Kansas -
1856-The Pottawatomie massacre
The Pottawatomie massacre was a killing that occurred in 1856, it was originally orchestrated by a man named John Brown, who was a radical abolitionist who was targeting slave owners, he went to an armory and attempted to take weapons to give to the slaves to start a revolution, but after one day of conflict, it was over, most of the people died there, but John Brown survived and was hung for treason. -
1856- Kansas Nebraska act
This act allowed settlers in the Kansas and Nebraska territories to have a say in whether their territory, and eventually those states would be slave states or free states -
1857-Dred Scott case
The Dred Scott case was a court case that was decided on in 1857 that sent a freed slave back into slavery, Scott was bought by an army surgeon dr. and brought him north to Illinois and later the Wisconsin territory, they were given to the Sandford family after their previous owner died, but they were wrongly enslaved, as Scott and his wife were considered free, they tried numerous times to buy their freedom but to no avail, they were deemed guilty by the American Supreme Court and sent back.
