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Missouri enters as a slave state and Maine enters as a free state. The 36' 30" line is drawn and it decides if slavery would be allowed in certain territories. This compromise was effective for almost thirty years. -
California enters as a free state and the area from the Mexican Cession divides into Utah and New Mexico. Popular sovereignty is to solve slavery issue, and slave trade in Washington D.C. was ended. Border problems were settled between New Mexico and Texas. -
This law was part of the Compromise of 1850. It required citizens to catch runaway slaves and if someone did not follow they would be fined up to $1000 or put in jail for 6 months. If a Judge returned a slave, they would get $10. If they freed one, they'd get $5. -
Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. 135,000 sets but 270,000 volumes were sold. Harriet wrote it to show the evils of slavery. The main story was about an older slave who was whipped to death by his owner. After reading, many Northerners changed their view of slavery, while Southerners said the book was full of lies. -
The Kansas Nebraska Act divided lands into Kansas and Nebraska territories. It also decided that slavery would be decided by popular sovereignty. This led to violence in the Senate, as pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers were in one area. Northerners believed this act revoked the Missouri Compromise because they felt as if it betrayed their interests. -
John Brown and four of his sons go into a small town and kill 5 pro slavery men in the middle of the night. John Brown said God told him to do this. Many were surprised by this, even Northerners even though most are against slavery. -
Dred Scott was a slave but lived in free territory with his owner. Scott resided in a free state/territory and was not entitled to freedom. Scott had abolitionist attorneys file a lawsuit for him, but it went to the Supreme Court and Scott lost. The Court said he was not property and could not file a lawsuit. They also ruled that Congress couldn't ban slavery in any territories. -
Douglas believed that slavery should not be allowed to spread into the territories. He also said slavery was a dying institution that reached its limits.Lincoln's wanted to preserve the Union. He also said that he supported the Fugitive Slave Law and went against interference with slavery in states where it existed. -
John Brown led five African Americans and thirteen whites into Harper's Ferry. The plan was to raid an arsenal and start a slave revolt, but no slaves rose to help. A few died, and Brown was arrested by Robert E. Lee. Brown was found guilty of murder and treason and was later hanged. -
Lincoln went against Douglass in this Presidential Election. The Southern states did not like Lincoln, and his name wasn't even on the ballot in many Southern states! Southerners became very angry when Lincoln won and complained that the election showed that the Southern states opinions did not matter. In the end, many Southerners talked about breaking away from the Union. -
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the attack of Fort Sumter which was in Charleston, South Carolina by the South Carolina militia. This Battle started the Civil War. The battle lasted from April 12-13 and it resulted in a Confederate victory.