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the Missouri Compromise
Slavery will not be allowed above the 36 30 line.
-Maine enters as a free state
-Missouri enters as a slave state -
Tariff of abomination
Divides the country.
-North= supports it
-South= oppose it -
Compromise of 1850
California enters as a free state
2. Slave trade allowed in Washington D.c
3. Territories will use popular sovereignty.
4.Passage of the fugitive slave law. -
Underground Railroad
Passage many slaves took to escape with help from Northerners. -
Fugitive slave Law
Runaway slaves had to be returned to the owner. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
impact: Describes the horrors of slavery, made the abolish of slavery a priority. One of the best selling books of all time -
Republican Party Created
Official platform was to stop the expansion of slavery. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The people territor would vote on the issue of slavery. -
Dred Scott Case
Scott was a slave who sued for his freedom based on the fact he had lived in a free state.
-Supreme COurt ruled that
- Scott was not a citizen and could not be free
- Missouri Compromise unconstitutional -
Harper's Ferry
Abolist John Brown led a raid on a federal arsenal in Virginia in an attempt to arm slaves and rebel.
North: Declared Brown a hero
South: Used the raid as an attack on the Republicans
