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In an effort to preserve the balance of power in Congress between slave and free states, the Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. Furthermore, with the exception of Missouri, this law prohibited slavery in the Louisiana Territory north of the 36° 30´ latitude line.
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The 1850 Compromise is made up of five laws passed in September of 1850 that discussed the question of slavery and territorial expansion.
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was a novel written by Harriet Beecher. The novel showed the evilness of slavery and lead to many northerners to oppose slavery.
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Kansas and Nebraska allowed citizens to decide using popular sovereignty. Repealed the Missouri Compromise that prohibited slavery north of 36'30''.
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Abolonist John Brown and 4 of his sons murdered 5 proslavery men in cabins along the Pottowtomie Creek.
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The Dred Scott case, also known as Dred Scott v. Sandford, was a decade-long fight for freedom by a Black enslaved man named Dred Scott. The case persisted through several courts and ultimately reached the U.S. Supreme Court, whose decision infuriate abolitionists.
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The Lincoln-Douglas debates were a series of formal political debates between the challenger, Abraham Lincoln, and the incumbent, Stephen A. Douglas, in a campaign for one of Illinois' two United States Senate seats. Although Lincoln lost the election, these debates launched him into national prominence which eventually led to his election as President of the United States.
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John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry (also spelled Harper's Ferry)[2] was an effort by abolitionist John Brown, from October 16 to 18, 1859, to initiate a slave revolt in Southern states by taking over the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. It has been called the dress rehearsal for or Tragic Prelude to the Civil War.
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Republican nominee Abraham Lincoln against Democratic Party nominee Senator Stephen Douglas, Southern Democratic Party nominee John Breckinridge and Constitutional Union Party nominee John Bell. The main issue of the election was slavery and states’ rights. Lincoln emerged victorious and became the 16th President of the United States during a national crisis that would tear states and families apart and test Lincoln’s leadership and resolve: The Civil War.
