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Missouri Compromise of 1820
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 included the balance between slave states and free states in the USA. The territory of Missouri petitioned for statehood as a slave state. This caused huge conflict and wondered in the new balance between free and free states in America. Then Henry Clay called for a proposal: Missouri would become a slave state on one condition: Maine would also be admitted into the country as a slave state. -
Wilmot Proviso
The Wilmot Proviso of 1848 was a proposal to make all the land receive in the Mexican American war not slave, but free. This bill was passed in the House although it failed in the Senate. -
Compromise of 1850
The compromise of 1850 was very complicated and had many terms. It was created by Henry Clay himself, the one who helped make the Missouri Compromise happen. First, it would admit California a free state, allow the New Mexico and Utah territories to use popular sovereignty to decide if they would be a slave or a free state. Slavery would also be banned in D.C. -
Fugitive Slave Act
This was part of the Compromise of 1850 that was meant to make the South happy. It was very cruel, and it meant that any black, even if they were free could be captured and returned to the South. Northerners hated this law because it made Northerners decide their position on slavery. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom’s Cabin was a novel about a slave and it showed it’s readers how bad slavery was. -
Kansas Nebraska Act / Bleeding Kansas
This was an act where the freedom of a state was decided by popular sovereignty. -
Dred Scott Case
It was a case where Dred Scott tried to sue for freedom because he was a free slave living in the north. But it didn’t work because he was black so Scott had no rights to sue. -
Lincoln Douglas Debate
In 1858, what was supposed to be a normal election for Illinois senate turned out to be huge. This was because Abraham Lincoln faced off against Stephen Douglas, and they both had completely different views on slavery. Lincoln did not want slavery while Douglas did. They fought in a series of seven debates and Douglas won but Lincoln would be the president later. -
John Brown's Raid
John Brown was very religious. He always had a Bible with him and it motivated him to be an abolitionist. He believed that slavery was a huge sin and then he went to Harpers Ferry Virginia with his 8 sons and raided the American arsenal. He would be executed a few months later. -
Lincoln's Election of 1860
In 1860, Abraham Lincoln, went up against Stephen Douglas, John Breckinridge, and John Bell. The democrats were split south and north over slavery and over 82% of Americans voted on the election. Although Lincoln did not get the popular vote, he got a lot of the electoral college. This lead to the Southern secession. Where the south seceded from the U.S.
