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Missouri Compromise
Clay had proposed the Missouri Compromise in 1820. However, new territory added as a result of America’s victory in the Mexican-American War. This compromise laid out which territories would become free or slave later on. Maine was added as a free state while Missouri was added as a slave state. Also, anything above the Missouri Compromise line would be considered free territory for the future. -
Wilmot Proviso
The Wilmot Proviso proposed an American law to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War. The bill was never passed, which made people triggered.The proposed amendment narrowly passed through the House of Representatives and was then defeated in the Senate. It happened in the year 1846 created by Congressman David Wilmot as a proposal to end the conservatory of the divided slave issue. -
Compromise of 1850
Henry first introduced some laws to solve slavery. It allowed slavery to potentially grow above the Missouri Compromise line. Attempted to limit slavery in certain parts of the US like Washington DC and California. Congress passed the Compromise of 1850 on January 29, 1850. The bitterness between the North and South caused all attempts at compromise to fail. -
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act/Law was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave-holding interests and Northern Free-Soilers. The act made it so owners could search and retrieve escaped slaves back to their perspective. Even northerners were required to follow this rule, and they weren't too happy. This was a major issue became free black citizens were falsely accused and captured back into slavery. NO ONE WAS SAFE. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. The book was published in 1852, the author did not fight but Uncle Tom's Cabin did increase the differences between the North and the South. Many Northerners realize how unjust slavery was for the first time. With increasing opposition to slavery, Southern slave owners worked even harder to defend the institution. This was a major movement, and educated the people and showed them an empathetic perspective. -
Kansas Nebraska Act / Bleeding Kansas
This act of 1854 stated that Kansas could decide if they want to become free or slave through a popular vote. Violence breaks out because people were fighting about whether Kansas and Nebraska would either become a slave state or a free state. People join gangs and fight people who think differently than them. The violence was so bad, people named it the Bleeding Kansas. Charles Sumner was beaten in the Senate for expressing anti-slavery views. Senator Stephen Douglas helped passed the law. -
Dred Scott Case
The case taken to court was between Dred Scott v. Sanford. Scott, a slave who had lived in the free state of Illinois and the free territory of Wisconsin before moving back to the slave state of Missouri, had appealed to the Supreme Court in hopes of being granted his freedom. Happened in 1857 and took 10 years to reach the upsetting conclusion of the denial of his right to make a case. Also, it violated his 5th amendment. This case impacted slavery and the people by making it legal everywhere. -
Lincoln Douglas Debate
Douglas view was that states should use popular sovereignty to decide slavery and Lincoln wants equality for African Americans and it should not spread to the western states. Douglas won the election but, the debates helped Lincoln become a national figure. Americans began to see the slavery debate more clearly and started thinking about slavery more often. “A House Divided Cannot Stand”, said by Lincoln, means a country that cannot agree on basic ideas will have trouble staying together. -
John Brown’s Raid
John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry was an effort by armed abolitionist John Brown to initiate an armed slave revolt in 1859 by taking over a United States arsenal at Harper Ferry, Virginia . Main date took place October 16-18 1859. John claims he was motivated by god, almost like how the lorax speaks for the trees, he speaks for the slaves. He was truly a good man with a worthy cause by executed the wrong way. -
Lincoln’s Election of 1860
The election took place of Tuesday November 6th 1860 with the four candidates, and the triumphant republican nominee Abraham Lincoln. The odds were in his favor, because the democratic vote was split. People thought the election would lead to the demise of slavery so they revolted. This lead to South Carolina to succeed from the union. The south feared that without the use of slavery their plantation industry would plummet, so eventually other states began to fall out as well. -
Southern Secession
Caused by the election of 1860, the southern states succeeded out of fear of the abolishment of slavery which a majority of their industries depended on. With Aberham Lincoln's claim to end slavery, this had wealthy people of the south who relayed on human work defensive of their right to property. In the years 1860 and 1861 eleven southern States each declared secession from the United States, and joined together to form the Confederate States of America lead by Jefferson Davis.
