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Missouri Compromise
The missouri compromise involved the new states of maine and missouri.The event took place because both missouri and maine had to be annexed simultaneously to avoid a divide in the union.Both maine and missouri joined the union one as a free state the other as a slave state.It showed that tensions between the north and south would only grow stronger.This event took place in the U.S. mostly in maine and in missouri. -
Wilmot Proviso
The North and South and all of the new territories gained from the mexican american war. This event took place because of the north's fear of the south growing stronger. It proposed that slavery be banned in all new states gained from the mexican american war. This event divided the north and south even more than they already were. This event took place in the U.S. and in the new territories gained from the mexican american war. -
Compromise of 1850
The whole U.S. more focused on the North and the South. an attempt to resolve the conflicts between North and South. some things that happened are bannign slavery in the nations capital, addmiting california as a free state, all new states admitted that were gained from the Mexican cecession would be slave states, and It enforced the fugitive slave act. This event would worsen relations between the North and South. This event took place in the new territories gained from Mexican cesccession. -
Fugitive Slave Act
Any person of color and special government officials. This happened in an attempt to please the south. this event made it so any special government official can say that any person of color is a slave regardless of if that was true or not. It also required Northerners to help capture "runaway slaves" even if slavery was banned in their state. This event would enrage the north and increase tensions. This event took place in the north and south regarding both their economies and cultures. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This event involved Harriet Beecher Stowe and the north.This event happened because Harriet had heard the stories of previously enslaved people and wanted to spread awarness of what slavery really was. Harriet published a best selling book that spread awarnedd in the north to what slavery really was.This made it so the north realised that slavery was more than a political thing. This took place in New York and all of the north. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act/ Bleeding Kansas
The act was pushed through congress by Stephen Douglas. Stephen was yearning to develop the land west of his home in Illions. It suggested that slavery in the Nebraska and Kansas territory would be decided by popular sovergnty. This undid the missouri compromise and caused slave supporters and anti-slavery supporters to flood into kansas to try and sway the vote in their favor. This created a huge social divide in kansas leading to fights everywhere. This event took place in Kansas and Nebraska. -
Dred Scott Case
This event involved Dred Scott and the supreme court. This event took place because Dred Scott had lived where slavery was illigal making him free despite moving with his "master" to missouri. This event sent shock through the norht after it said that african americans were property not people and said that banning slavery in any territory would be illigal making the. This event tipped the scale in the south's favor and put the north in a lethal position. This happened across the entire country. -
Lincoln Douglas Debate
This involved Lincoln, Douglas, and all of the spectators watching them debate. These debates occurred because of the passing of the Kansas Nebraska act. Lincoln and Douglas debated mostly slavery. Douglas ended up winning the senate election but because of the debates the nation knew Lincoln's name. This event would cause many problems later on directly causing the southern succession. This event happened at Ottawa, Freeport, Jonesboro, Charleston, Galesburg, Quincy, and Alton. -
John Browns Raids
This event involved John Brown, his followers, and Robert E. Lee's army. This event took place because john brown was frustrated after getting run out of kansas after the pottawatomie massacre. John Brown with his followers would capture a weapon storage in Harpers Fary Virginia. They were surrounded by Robert E. Lee's army and were killed. This event caused the north to mourn his death shocking the south and pushing the divide almost to its limits. this event happened in Harpers Fary Virginia. -
Lincolns Election of 1860
This event involved the entire U.S. This event took place because of Lincolns growth in popularity after the Lincoln Douglas debates led him to be elected by the north. This event saw that a hard anti-slavery president was elected and furthered the divide between the north and south further than it had ever been before.This event dirrectly caused the southern secesion because they feared that Lincoln would take slavery away. This event took place across the entire country. -
Southern Secession
This event involved the entire nation mostly the states of VA, NC, TN, AR, MS, AL, GA, SC, FL, LA, TX. This event took place because of the election of Lincoln. This event saw a mas seccesion of southern states to try and perserve slavery. This event would lead to the civil war in an attempt to reconnect the nation. This event took place across the entire once united states of america