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The Compromise of 1850 Effects
The Compromise of 1850 had negative results and positive results. Northerners were outraged by the provisions of the Fugitive Slave Act, so this made difficult to make future compromises. The positive side is that the Compromise helped avoid sectional conflict, and it held off the Civil War for ten years. Overall, the Compromise of 1850 made a very important difference in the life of a slave and would help make future decisions on slavery. -
Compromise of 1850 Description
The Compromise of 1850 was 5 bills that were created to avoid conflict between the Northern and Southern states.
The conflict at hand is the balance between the North and the Southern states due to the spread of slavery.
The five bills were created by Stephen Douglas. -
Fugitive Slave Law Description
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was a law passed by Congress to require citizens to assist in the recovery of fugitive slaves who escaped from the South and bring them back to their slave owner. -
Fugitive Slave Law Effects
It forced citizens to assist in the recovery of fugitives, and if they were unwilling to assist or had aided a fugitive in escaping, they were fined and prosecuted. The law threatened slaves from running away from their plantations. They were denied the right of a fair trial by jury. Many Northerners became angry because it simply allowed slavery to take place in free slavery states
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 enforced slavery, which angered Northerners and led to disunion. -
Kansas Nebraska Act Description
Southerners did not want to bring in a single large state that would be free. So Douglas came up with the idea of creating two new territories, Nebraska and Kansas. And he also proposed the principle of “popular sovereignty,” under which the residents of the new territories would vote on whether slavery would be legal in the territories. -
Kansas Nebraska Act Effects
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was a major step on the road to Civil War. Opposition to it changed the political landscape across the nation. And it also had a profound effect on one particular American, Abraham Lincoln, whose political career was revived by his opposition to the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Allowing for many territories to be opened. -
Dred Scott V. Sanford Description
Dred Scott v. Sandford, also known as the Dred Scott Decision, was a landmark case for the U.S. Supreme Court. The decision made was that all blacks (whether they were slaves or free) were not and could never be citizens of the United States.
The decision was also made that Congress did not have the power to ban slavery in all U.S. territories and that the Missouri Compromise of 1820 was unconstitutional. -
Dred Scott V. Sandford Effects
The decision caused the Panic of 1857
The decision "strengthened Northern slavery opposition, divided the Democratic Party on sectional lines, encouraged secessionist elements among Southern supporters of slavery to make bolder demands, and strengthened the Republican Party." -Wikipedia
The Supreme Court under Taney fought to permit expansion of slavery into all territories. -
Harper's Ferry /John Brown Effects
The raid on Harpers Ferry and the resulting execution of Brown was a major turning point in the American abolitionist movement, causing many peaceful abolitionists to accept more militant measures to push for the end of slavery. -
Haper's Ferry/John Nrown Description
In 1859, a small group of men attacked the small town of Harper's Ferry in Virginia. They were intent on seizing weapons to give to slaves to start a rebellion. The group gained control of the arms but were surrounded by General Lee's men. 10 of the men were killed and the leader, John Brown, was captured and tried for treason. He was sentenced to death. The North viewed him as a martyr and rang the bells for him. The South viewed him as a terrorist and was outraged with the North. -
Election Of 1860 Description
The election of the president of the United States in 1860. Lincoln won the election and had more electoral votes and more popular votes than any candidate. Since the race had four main candidates, it allowed Lincoln to get more electoral votes than he would otherwise. Lincoln's views on slavery at the time of the election were considered moderate. His platform did not include the abolition of slavery but did not want slavery to extend into the territories. -
Election Of 1860 Effects
Lincoln was hated in the South, and following his election, the Southern states began secession procedures, beginning with South Carolina about six weeks after the election. Southern states believed that Lincoln intended to eliminate or restrict slavery, and this was one of the causes of the American Civil War that followed. -
Secession Crisis Effects
The secession of the Southern States led to the establishment of the Confederacy and ultimately the Civil War. It was the most serious secession movement in the United States and was defeated when the Union armies defeated the Confederate armies in the Civil War, 1861-65. -
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The Secession Crisis Descrption
South Carolina seceded on December 20, 1860, the first state to ever officially secede from the United States. Four months later, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, and Louisiana seceded as well. Later Virginia (except for its northwestern counties, which broke away and formed the Union-loyal state of West Virginia), Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee joined them. The people of the seceded states elected Jefferson Davis as president of the newly formed Southern Confederacy.
