Nation divided

A Divided Nation

  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise
    Missouri joined the southern part of the union and joined the slave states.
  • Political Party

    Political Party
    This wasn't good for the repulican party because the slavery started to go west.
  • Supreme Court

    Supreme Court
    He couldn't file any type of lawsuit in the or a federal court.
  • Mexican Cession

    Mexican Cession
    Mexico had to sides, slaverly and antislavery.
  • 1850 Compromise

    1850 Compromise
    Senator Henry Clay introduced a series of resolutions. In an attempt to seek a compromise and avert a crisis between North and South.
  • California was added.

    California was added.
    California was added as a free state but they south got made because they didn't put it as a slave state.
  • Fugitive Slave Act

    Fugitive Slave Act
    It was a crime to assist slaves that ran away and allow them to arrest even in the North.
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act
    The plan was to divide the remainder of the Louisiana purchase into two territories. They called them Nebraska and Kansas.
  • Period: to

    Fight For Kansas

    The Northerners and the Southerners fought to see who would win Kansas. But the Southerners cheated by sending their men into Kansas. (No Dates besides years)
  • Viewpoint of Lincoln

    Viewpoint of Lincoln
    Lincoln wanted to stop slavery because he thought it was cruel. He believes it should come to a stop.
  • 1860 Election

    1860 Election
    Abraham Lincoln was elected to be president of the united states. The North liked him but the south did not.
  • Formed a New Nation

    Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texis were confederate states. (No date besides year)