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Wilmot Proviso
It was designed to eliminate slavery within the land acquired as a result of the Mexican War. It never passed slaves were property amd property was protected by the constitution.The were fighting over it which lead to the civil war. -
Fugitive Slave Act
The fugitive slave laws were laws passed by the United States Congress in 1793 and 1850 to provide for the return of slaves who escaped from one state into another state or territory. It offended many Northerners who did not have strong feelings about slavery, but resented being treated as unpaid slave catchers.Caused many abolitionists to increase their efforts against slavery. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe's wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin. It changed forever how Americans viewed slavery, the system that treated people as property. It demanded that the United States deliver on the promise of freedom and equality, galvanized the abolition movement and contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War. -
Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman was an escaped slave was a famous leader of the Underground Railroad. It was a secret network of voulnteers who hid fugitive slaves on their dangerous journey north to freedom -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas is the term used to describe the period of violence during the settling of the kansas territory.it was a fight over If Kansas should be a free or slave state. -
Charles Sumner is Attacked
Kansas basically lead to Charles Sumner being attacked by Preston after giving a speech about that event about "attacking the pro-slavery forces for the violence occurring in Kansas." -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott lost his case in a contreversial ruling, which futhered the cause of abolitionists. The decision declared that Congress had no power to prohibit slavery in the federal territories, emerging Republican party and intensifying the sectional conflict between the North and the South over slavery. -
Lecompton Constitution Rejected
This was created allowing Kansas to be a slave state, but after much debate and opposition, -
John Brown Raided Harper's Ferry
He lead seventeen men on a raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia in hope to cause a slave uprising usuing the captured weapons. Later they got caught and all were hanged for treason. This lead to the event of the civil war. -
Abraham Lincoln Was Elected President
His fierce campaign earned him a nomination for the presidency. The first Republican president ever, Lincoln led the Union to victory in the Civil War and ended slavery in America.
