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Missouri Compromise
Compromise Civil war This compromise granted Missouri statehood a slave state with certain conditions. The conditions were that the rest of the Louisiana Purchase was prohibted to slavery forever. It drew the line on the expansion of slavery in the territories at the 36,30. -
The Liberator
Liberator The liberator was a newspaper that support abolitionlist. South Carolina and other states did not like this and started granting fee's to people who were assoicated with it. It was found by William Garrison. -
Gold Rush
Gold rush The gold rush was taken place in California. The gold rush sped the population in Califorina. California had a statehood for as a free state. -
Compromise of 1850
1850 This compromise of 1850 introduced the principle of popular sovereignty. This allowed the states to decide if the state was a free state or not. Most of the south, including Texas was a slave state. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle tom's cabin was a book written Harriet Stowe was an anti-slavery novel. The book reached northern readers and evoked popular sympathy for slaves and anger over the Fugitive Slave law. -
Abe Lincoln election
Abe Abe Lincoln was elected the 16th president. He was against slavery because he felt all men were equal but he mainly wanted to keep the nation united. His election led to many different events later on. -
South Carolina leaves the union
South carolina South carolina was with slavery. They wanted to keep slavery and they knew if Abe lincoln was elected, that would be the final straw for slavery. South carolina was the first state to secede from the union -
Civil War
civil war This was the beginning or the end on the union. The union was fighting for equality and the south was fighting for slavery. This was the first, the US has been seperated in a big fight against each other. -
Assassination of Abe Lincoln
Killed Lincoln The assassination of Abe Lincoln made the reconstruction more difficult then it had to be. John Wilkes Booth killed Abe while he was watching a play in washington d.c.. -
15th Amendment
15th Amendment It ensured that African Americans could vote as equal men. These rights were ensured and made sure it was being done. They still made it hard for African Americans to vote with reading test etc.
