APUSH Unit 5

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  • William Lyod Garrison publishes The Liberator

    The Liberator is published and causes major controversy, states even pay people to find the publishers in order to arrest them.

  • Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion

    Nat Turner leads a slave revolt in Southampton, VIrginia, where the most people are killed in a single rebellion.

  • American Anti Slavery Society Founded in Boston

    Also founder of "The Liberator" William Lloyd Garrison founds this pro-abolition group that is met with violence and harassment.

  • Sarah Grimke writes "Lettersont he Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Women"

    Sarah Grimke writes in response to Catherine Breecher, calling her out on why she was wrong.

  • Henry Highland Garnet gives the Address to the Slaves of the United States

    At a public anti slavery event, Garnet calls for acvive slave rebleiions in order to abolish slavery.

  • Frederick Douglas publishes the first issue of The North Star

    This is the most infuencial anti-slavery paper ever published.

  • Women's Right's Conventions at Seneca Falls

    The Convention at Seneca Falls was the first recorded women's right convention,

  • Harriet Tubman Escapes Slavery

    Harriet Tubman escapes slavery to Philledelphia and decides to go back to run the Underground Railroad; freeing hundreds of slaves.

  • Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 is Passed

    An act is passed that harshens fines and charges on those aiding runaway slaves, or officials for not aresting a slave.

  • "Ain't I A Woman" Speech

    Soujouner Truth speaks at a women's convention in Ohio, and the speech becomes a historical

  • "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is Published

    Harriet Breecher Stowe publishes an anti-slavery themes book about "Uncle Tom", a black slave who has many stories to tell about his life. Begins common black sterotypes.

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act Passed

    This act replaces teh Missouri Compromise and makes these states, regardng slavery, decide with "ppular sovergnity"; resulting in Bleeding Kansas.

  • Republican Party is Founded

    The Whig Party meet, disbands, but then rebands as the Republican Party. Donald Trump would not be this kind of Republican.

  • "Bleeding Kansas"

    A war between "Free Staters" and "Border Ruffians" in Kansas before the Civil war.

  • Charles Sumner Beating

    A member of the House enters the Senate and beats representative Charles Sumner over his adress to Congress over Kansas.

  • Dred Scott Descision

    The US Supereme COurt rules that Afican Americans, regardless if they are free or not, are not citizens and cannot sue in court.

  • Lecompton Conitutuion Rejected

    The second consitution drafted for the Kansas Territory, written by proslavery supporters.

  • Lincoln-Douglas Debates

    Lincoln and Douglas debate for the spot to represent Ilinois in the Presidential election, where slavery is the main topic discussed.

  • John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry

    A white abolitionist tries to sart an armed slave revolt by raiding an armory.

  • Election of 1860

    Abraham Lincoln wins the election and the civil war begins.