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A line called the 36' 30" is drawn, and it was used to decide whether slavery would be allowed in certain territories. Missouri would enter as a slave state, while Maine entered as a free state. The compromise was effective for a number of years until problems began to occur and the compromise became less effective. -
California enters a free state. Area from the Mexican Cession divided into Utah and New Mexico. The slavery issue to be decided by 'popular sovereignty'. This ended the slave trade in Washington D.C, Made a strict fugitive slave law, settled border problems between New Mexico and Texas. These fixed problems for a short period of time, but then the problems became worse over time. -
This law required citizens to catch runaway slaves, and anyone that refuses to comply will be fined up to 1000$, or six months of jail. Northerners hated this law because it forced them to be involved in slavery. This law was also a part of the compromise of 1850. Many blacks that were free were captured and sent back into slavery. -
This was a novel written by Harriett Beecher Stowe. It was written to show the evils of slavery by telling the story of an older slave who was whipped to death by his owner. After reading the novel, many Northers began to change their view of slavery. While Sothern's said that the book was "full of lies". -
This act would divide Kansas and Nebraska territories. Made it so that the Slavery issue would be decided by popular vote. An area with Pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers in one area would lead to conflict and violence in the senate. Northers believed that this repeals the Missouri compromise. -
Due to the violence in Kansas, John Brown and four of his sons decide to ride into a small town and pull five pro-slavery men out of their beds during the middle of the night. All of the men who were pulled out were murdered, and John Brown believes that what he is doing is justified by what God has told him to do. -
Scott was a slave, but he lived in a free territory with his owner who moved back into a slave state. His owner would die there. Scott would have abolitionist attorneys file a lawsuit for him, and he took it to the supreme court to only lose. The court ruled that Scott was not a citizen, and could not file that lawsuit. This would repeal the Missouri compromise because congress could not ban slavery in any of the territories. Slavery could now spread into all territories. -
Douglass believed in deciding slavery by popular sovereignty. Lincoln believed that slavery should not be allowed to spread into the territories. Lincoln also believed the Nation could not survive if the fighting continued to rip the Union apart with the slavery issue -
John Brown lead the attack on Harper's ferry. He led five blacks and thirteen whites into Harper's Ferry. They had planned to raid the arsenal and start a slave revolt. The problem was that no slaves cam to help. A number of his men died and Brown was arrested by Robert E. Lee. Brown was tried and found guilty of murder and treason. He was later hanged. Some Northerners thought of him as a "Martyr" ( someone who dies for his beliefs.) -
Lincoln ran against Douglass in the Presidential election of 1860. The Southern States did not like Lincoln or what he believed in. They overwhelmingly supported Douglass yet Lincoln still go elected. Southerners grew very angry. Said this showed it did not matter what their opinions were, the North had to much power. Many Southerners talked of seceding from the Union.