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The Wilmot Proviso
The Wilmot Proviso was a piece of legislation proposed by a man named David Wilmot at the end of the Mexican-American war. This legislation stated that slavery would be outlawed in territories acquired by the US as a result of the war. These territories included land that covered most of the southwest, and extended all the way to California. -
Harriet Tubman and The Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman is often called the Moses of her people for leading so many of them out of slavery to freedom. She was an abolitionist, a important figure in the Underground Railroad, a humanitarian, and a Union nurse and spy during the American Civil War. Linked to the Underground Railroad which was The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States and used by African-American slaves to escape into free states. -
The compromise of 1850
This was a compromise to avert a crisis between the North and South. In this compromise the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and slave trade in Washington D.C. was abolished. The North got its way more during this compromise, which enraged even more southerners. -
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Boom written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. This fictional book explored the life of slaves and became a cultural sensation. Northerners felt that it opened their eyes to the true horrors of slavery, while southerners protested that Stowe’s book exaggerated events and was slanderous. -
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Bleeding Kansas
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, got ride of weapons and uttered threats in the house chambers, overturned parts of the Missouri compromise by allowing settlers to to determine whether or not to permit slaveryby a popular vote. Many people came to Kansas to try to shift the decision both ways, and many violent outbreaks occurred which resulted in the deaths of fifty six people. -
Charles Summer attacked by Preston
Violence that occurred on the floor of the U.S senate during the Blleding Kansas time period. Pro-slavery congressman Preston Brooks attacked Charles Sumner with a cane after Sumner gave a speech against slavery. Brought attention to the issue, and started a more violent direction. -
Dred Scott V. Stanford
Dred Scott was a slave in Virginia that tried to sue for his freedom in court. The issue rose to a level of Supreme Court, and was deemed property. This brought national attention to slavery and amplified the North’s fuel to fight for abolishment. -
John Brown’s Raid
Am Abolitionist naked John Brown led a small group on a raid against a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia in an attempt to start an armed slave revolt and destroy the institution of slavery. One of Brown's sons was killed in the fighting. Brown hoped to seize weapons and distribute them to southern slaves to spark a series of slave uprisings. he was later tried for treason and was killed. However he did become a martyr for the abolitionist cause. -
Abraham Lincoln’s Election
Abraham Lincoln was elected president in the 1860 margin despite not being included in some southern ballots. His party was anti-slavery, which scared many southerners that they would lose their slaves. A little over a month after the polls closed, 7 states succeeded from the Union. -
The battle of Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter is an island fortification located in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Fort Sumter is most famous for being the site of the first shots of the Civil War. Confederate guns around the harbor opened fire on Fort Sumter.
