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it was for every 3 out of 5 were counted towards the population People in the south believed they didn’t have to pay tax on slaves because they saw them as property. -
was a way for slave owners in the south to be able to capture the escaped slave. The north didn’t like this. They would come up north and take people if they match the description and even if it wasn’t them they would be put to slavery. -
it was invention that was able to quickly pick the seeds out of cotton this led to framers needing more work labor which expanded slavery -
this banned bringing people from other countries and making them slaves
eliminating a primary source of new enslaved people which made the south states mad -
Nat Turner's Rebellion was a bloody uprising of enslaved people in 1831 in Southampton County, Virginia, led by the enslaved preacher Nat Turner, which resulted in the deaths of about 55 white people. -
south Carolina argued that the tariffs were to high that led to south Carolina threating to seed -
it was a way for enslaved people to escape to free states. consistently provoking anger and fear in the South, which viewed the network as a direct attack on slavery and states' rights -
it was a proposal from congressman david wilmot to banned slavery in the territory they get from mexico
creating a divided political landscape based on regional lines rather than party lines. -
it was book about three slaves and the different hard ships they went through the south did not like this they called the book a book of lies -
repealed the Missouri Compromise, allowing residents of new territories to decide on slavery through popular sovereignty, but instead of creating peace, it intensified national conflict pro slavery people worried about there being to many free states -
Abolitionists and pro-slavery settlers fought about whether Kansas would be a free or slave state escalated sectional tensions and demonstrated the failure of political compromise over slavery -
Charles Sumner was attacked and severely beaten with a cane by Representative Preston Brooks on the floor of the U.S. Senate
doing this it increased the tension between the north and south -
a slave named Dred Scott was taking to a state that banned slavery so dred took his master to court and said that since they were in a free state he should be free and the court said that he is property so he can't be free.
this made people relize there are no real free states -
john brown raided the armory and intended to give guns to slaves so they could kill there masters and be free the south thought the north was starting to back the slave trying to gain there freedom -
Lincoln brought up how the houses were divided and how everyone has equal rights the south did not like what Lincoln was going to do with slavery -
they were angry about Lincoln getting elected because they were worried he would get rid of slavery
it was the first state to leave the Union, sparking a chain reaction that led to the formation of the Confederate States of America