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Louisiana Purchase
Creoles and French settlers were added to the U.S. population once the Louisiana Purchase had occured. This abouted doubled the size if the US. It restarted the controversy of the slave trade expanding. -
No More Slave Smuggling
Congress ban the importation of slaves into the U.S. Though this occurs, smuggling still occurs in the South. Also, when the transatlantic slave trade was prohibited even more slave smuggling in the South happened. -
The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise prohibited slavery in the new northern states near Arkansas. This proved that congress had to be more leanient towards states that wanted to be admitted into the union. -
Andrew Jackson Becomes President
When Andrew Jackson became president, he promised that the United States would expand to the west, and many Americans believed that God wanted the counry to do this. This belief was known as the Manifest Destiny. -
The Trail Of Tears
The Trail of Tears describes the genocide of Native Americans who were moved west from their homes. The Indian Removal Act, endorsed by president Andrew Jackson, was a key decision effecting how Native Americans where forcibly removed from Indian territory. -
The Dred Scott Case
Dred Scott sued for his freedom in 1847 because his master brought him to a land where he was free. After to years it was decided that he could not sue due to the fact that he was not an American citizen. According to the law, no one of African origin could ever become a citizen of United States, sparking a large controversy. -
The Compromise of 1850
This compromise disputed the land that Texas and Mexico were fighting over. New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah were some of the new states who were admitted into the union and did not include slavery -
The Fugitive Slave Law
The Fugitive Slave Law declared that any slave who was caught after running would be returned to their masters and face the consequences. California was to become a state in the United States only if it would enforce The Fugitive Slave Law. -
Shadrach Minkins
In 1851 Shadrach Minkins was kidnapped in Boston, Massachussets by slave catchers. He could not be freed by Fugitive Slave law because it was not existant at the time, and was rescued by a group of African-Americans. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 was the act that started the Republican party. It created Kansas and Nebraska, and was founded to create more room for slavery. The politicians who opposed the idea of it including slavery where the ones who created the Republican party.
