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Missouri Compromise
Henry Clay invented the Missouri Compromise, which was a line drawn under Missouri that marked where slavery was and wasn't permitted. Above the line there was ro be no slavery, but below the line slavery was legal. This compromise was created to settle disputes over where slavery was to be allowed after the Ohio River, which marked the slavery and free line, met the Mississippi river. In 1820, to keep sates from seceding, Congress voted to pass this compromise. It led to the Kansas-Nebraska Act -
Gag Rule
In 1830, Congress refused to hear or listen to any antislavery requests because according to Congress, the national government couldn't control slavery in the states. The Gag Rule prevented J Q Adams from asking Congress to pass his antislavery proposal. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner's Rebellion was an organized rebellion aginst Southern white people, thats was organized by Nat Turner. This was the last violent slave rebellion, but many other lsaves rebelled in smaller, simpler ways. Disgusted with slavery and white Southeners, Nat Turner planned to kill every white man he could find. This led to stricter slave laws, which led to more angry Northeners that were morally against slavery. -
Wilmot Provise
The Wilmot Proviso was an ammendment made by David Wilmot to the bill sent to Congress by president James Polk asking Congress to fund the war with Mexico. This ammenmedment to the bill stated that of the land aquired, none could allow slavery. This bill led to controversy and Northerners and Southerners to continue fighting over the territory. Congress decided instead of the Proviso, to extend the Missouri Compromise line. Around the same time, California applied to the Union as a free state. -
California Applies for Admission into the Union
California applied to Congress for admission into the Union. However, California's constitution stated that it would come in as a free state. This angered Southerners, but delighted Northeners. Stuck in the middle, Henry Clay invented a new plan. This application led to the Compromise of 1850. -
Compromise of 1850
An effect of the deadlock over the application of California as a free state made this compromise important. Henry Clay, also the creator of the Compromise of 1820, suggested a plan to fix this problem. In his plan, California entered as a free state, New Mexico and Utah territories were allowed to vote on allowing slavery, this was followed by ending the slave TRADE in Washington, D.C., it also called for a fugitive law. This compromise led to the Fugitive Slave Trade Act. Congress adopted plan -
Uncle Tom's Cabin is Published
Unlce Tom's Cabin was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe after she had a vision of a slave being cruelly killed by his master. The book was filled with realistic fictional slave stories that brought about mixed emotions. Northeners became even more angry with slavery and Sotheners cursed the author and book. This emotionally seperated the South and the North with mixed emotions. -
Ostend Manifesto
This was a document sent by the American diplomats to the Secretary of State.The document urged the Secretary to pressure the presdient into seizeing the countyr of Cuba if Spnaih refused to sell it. When this information was leaked to the public, Northeners were angry because they believed that President Pierce was just trying to adopt another slave state to make free states and slave states uneven. -
Attack on Senator Sumner in Congress
After Senator Sumner gave an angry speech attacking mainly Senator Douglas of Illinois and Senator Butler of South Carolina, Butler's nephew attacked Sumner in the Senate. This attack was brutally violent and ended with Sumner unconsious. This sevent led to Southeners sending the nephew canes to replace the one he used when beating Sumner, while enraging and proving the Northeners point that Southeners were violent and brutal. -
Attack on Lawrence, Kansas
Proslavery activists decied to take matters inti their own hands, in order to drive anitslavery activists out of Kansas, so that they could vote to make Kansas a slave state. In a violent attack proslvery citizens burned Larence Kansas, Kansas antislavery headqurters. This connected to other events because it led angry antislavery activists in Kansas to plot a revenge against the proslavery actvists ld by John Brown.
