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Missouri compromise
This event involves: Henry clay a congressman
This event took place because tensions rose between the slave states and the non-slave states. Missouri wanted to be a slave state so Maine was added as a free state.
What took place in this event: the idea of Missouri entering as a slave state it prompted a heated debate in congress and through out the country.
this impacted history by: changing how slavery was factored into each future state.
this event took place in: Mainly Missouri and Main -
Wilmot Proviso
who: Willmot privso
what: an unsuccessful proposal to ban slavery
where: united states congress
why: Wilmot wanted to end slavery
how: this affected the U.S by leading to the civil war -
Compromise of 1850
who: henry clay and Stephin Douglas
what: a fugitive slave law was put in place and it was tuff on southerners
where: basically the south and the southwest
why: it took place because there needed to be a settlement between disagreements about slave laws
how: the slave trade was affected in DC -
Fugitive Slave Act
who: the slaves
what: it made runaway slaves be given back to their owners even if they are free.
where: new york
why: it was caused from pressure from southern politicians
how: it affected the future by free blacks being sold into slavery -
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
who: Tom and a 4-year-old
what: While being transported by boat to auction in New Orleans, Tom saves the life of Little Eva an angelic and forgiving young girl, whose grateful father then purchases Tom
where: Kentucky
why: it tightened fugitive slave laws
how: it strengthened Northern abolitionism -
Kansas Nebraska Act/ Bleeding Kansas
who: Stephan Douglas
what: it allowed slavery in Missouri and made the Louisiana territory free
where: Missouri the united states
why: slavery in a territory should be decided by its residents rather than the government, so two new territories opened and they were both open to slavery if the population allowed it
how: it divided the nation -
Dred Scott Case
who: dred scott
what: a slave moving to Illinois with his owner
where: Illinois
why: Scott sued his owner because in Illinois slavery was illegal and him a slave in Illinois would make him not a slave
how: the divide between the north and south grew bigger and bigger -
Lincoln Douglas Debate
who: Stephen Douglas Abraham lincoln
what: Lincoln argued against the spread of slavery
where: Illinois
why: Douglas accused Lincoln of being an abolitionist
how: it propelled Abraham Lincolns political career -
John Brown’s Raid
who: Owen Brown John Cook Barclay Coppoc Francis Meriam Charles Tidd
what: solders over ran browns followers and brown 10 of his men were killed including his sons
where: harpers ferry
why: it was an attempt to revolt against slavery
how: helped make further accommodation with the north and south -
Lincoln’s Election of 1860
who: Abraham lincoln John Breckenridge John Bell Stephen Douglas
what: a four-way election
where: Chicago
why: they needed a new president so they held an election
how: it was a reflection on the southern states on how they lost power -
Southern Secession
who: 10 southern states
what: some southern states didn't want to be in a government-run by a northern anti-slavery party
where: united states
why: to protect their states rights
how: it precipitated the American civil war