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Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was designed by Henry Clay, but after his death Stephen Douglas passed it. California was admitted as a free state and Utah and New Mexico territiores were supposed to decide through popular sovereignty. Also slave trade was abolished in Washington D.C. and the south got a new effective Fugitive Slave Law. -
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's cabin is a novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Its an anti-slavery novel describing the horrors of being a slave and how slavery was evil and it tore families apart.The people in the south tried to accuse her that everything in the book was false, when it really wasn't. -
Republican Party Founded
The Republican Party was one of the parties that formed after the Whig Party split. Many people who were very unhappy with the split of the Whig party, supported the Republican party. The republicans wanted to keep slavery out of the territories, as well as the Know-Nothing Party. So those two parties were competing for the same group of voters. -
Caning of Sumner
The Caning of Charles Sumner is one of the most dramatic moments in the Senates history. Charles Sumner had a speech 'Crime Against Kansas" and in the speech he offended Andrew Butler. Butlers kinsman, Preston Brooks, took Sumners cane and literally beat him with it. Sumner was knocked unconscious and after the fight both men were seen as heros in their regions. -
Pottawatomie Creek Massacre
John Brown was a slave who was an anti-slavery fanatic and he started the Pottawatomie Creek Massacre. He led a rebellion and killed 5 proslavery people. This triggered many violent actions that led to about 200 people being killed, which was named The Bleeding Kansas. -
Election of Buchanan
James Buchanan was a Democrat who ran for president against John C. Fremont who was a republican. The Democrats wanted everyone to be equal when the republicans wanted a war with Mexico. Because of that Buchanan won the election, however he recieved less than half the popular vote. -
Senate Race; Lincoln and Douglas
Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas both opposed slavery but they had different views on it. Douglas favored popular sovereignty and believed that people should have the right to chose through voting. Lincoln didn't think things should be settled that way. Instead he thought that the federal legislation should outlaw slavery. -
John Brown Reaches Harpers Ferry
John Brown thought it was a good idea for him and a few people to raid a federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia. They were looking for guns and armed slaves to steal. Local Troops and Robert E. Lee caught John Brown and killed 10 men of both races. -
John Browns Execution
After John Brown was caught he was charged for an attempt to start a slave uprising. He was hung and people from the north looked up to him for that. People from the south didnt like his actions so they began calling for secession. -
Lincoln Elected for President
Abraham Lincoln won the election for president in 1860, but he had no electoral votes from the south. Since he won Southerners thought they lost their political power in the United States. Because of this the Southern states started to secede. South Carolina was the first then six other states followed.
