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Writing by Harriet Stowe. The writing showed how unfairly slaves were being treated during this time period. It helped push for the civil war and the abolishment of slavery. -
The importance of the creation of the republican party is that it was created as an attempt to slow, or abolish, the expansion of slavery. People who considered themselves to be a part of the republican party included everyday people, people who had previously been slaves, and protestants. -
This act created two new territories, enforced popular sovereignty, and it had repealed the Missouri Compromise. It was the cause of Bleeding Kansas. -
Bloody Kansas, also known as Bleeding Kansas, opened people's eyes. It showed both parties and other countries that people were willing to retaliate in violence over the debate on slavery. This was yet another reason for the Civil War. -
John Brown contributed to Bleeding Kansas by helping forces get in control. Not too long after he became a leader of a small group of antislavery believers. -
Brooks heard that Sumner was making fun and picking at his state and Brooks had had enough of it and went and bashed Sumner over and over. This incident showed people and other countries the impact of the debate over slavery in the United States. This led to the Civil War. -
Lincoln was giving a warning when he made his famous house-divided speech. This was important because Lincoln had pretty much told his listeners that if they wanted the abolition of slavery it needed to happen now. -
This election is important because it was such a bitter election. There was a lot of controversy around this election. James Buchanan won this election. -
The Lecompton Constitution was significant because if it had been approved it would have made it so that owning slaves in the state of Kansas was legal. -
The importance of the Dred Scott case was that the Sumpreme court made it so that slaves in America could not be ruled as citizens even in slavery-free states. The Supreme Court also said that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional. -
This debate helped Lincoln gain support from the republican party. Douglass actually lost some of his supporters during this debate, his views on the repeal of slavery made the people from the democratic party push him away. -
John Brown and others had raided the arsenal. John Brown wanted to start a revolt with the slaves. -
This election was significant because it had shown how divided the United States truly was. This election also happened pretty close to the beginning of the Civil War. Many Southern States no longer felt like they were being heard in elections or in politics. Abraham Lincoln ended up winning. -
Lincoln had made it clear that he had no plans to get into slavery where it was legal. He also made it clear that he was against the seizure of federal property. -
The significance of secession is that 11 states had withdrawn themselves from the Union after Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States. This was a major cause of the Civil War.