Antebellum 1800-1860

Political Parties

Period: Jan 17, 1789 to Dec 17, 1797

Washington Administration

Admas Adminsitration

Dec 17, 1797

Federalist

Era of Good Feelings

Period: Mar 17, 1817 to Mar 17, 1825

Missouri Compromise

Mar 3, 1820

MO is Slave
ME is free
Above 36-30' in LA Purchase free, below = slave

Age of Jackson

Period: Mar 17, 1825 to Dec 17, 1844

Common Man
Spoils System

Compromise of 1833

Mar 2, 1833

reduces the Tariff of 1838 (abominations)
SC accepts and does not follow through w. Nullification

Compromise of 1850

Sep 20, 1850

CA = Free State
No Slave Trade in DC
UT & NM Territories = Popular Sovriegnty
TX $ 10 million Debt repaid
Strict Fugitive Slave Law
Clay, Calhoun, & Webster save Union

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Apr 1, 1852

Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel that fueled abolitionist movement
300,000 copies sold in first year

Kansas-Nebraska Act

May 30, 1854

KS Territory divided into KS & NE
slavery decided by popular sovriegnty
Eliminated MO Compromise
Republican Party is formed as a result

John Brown Pottawatomie Massacre

May 24, 1856

Killed 5 pro-slave people in KS
erupted into "Bleeding Kansas"

Dred Scott Decision

Mar 6, 1857

Chief Justice Roger Taney (from Calvert County)
Scott not a citizen and can not sue (slaves not citizens)
MO Compromise Unconstitutional

Lincoln-Douglass Debates

Aug 21, 1858

IL Senate Debates
Douglass is corned by Lincoln on Slave Issue
Freeport Doctrine - Douglass take no real stance on slavery
Lincoln loses but becomes popular candidate for President for Republicans

John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry

Apr 16, 1859

Failed attempt to start a slave rebellion in VA
Executed for crime
martyr in North - Villian in South

Election of 1860

Nov 6, 1860

Lincoln wins with no support from slave states
SC will succeed

Civil War Begins

Apr 6, 1861

Civil War

Period: Apr 6, 1861 to Apr 6, 1865

Conflict bewtween the North and South