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Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise kept the balance of pro and anti-slavery states. By allowing Maine as a free state, Missouri was able to become a pro-slavery state. This created tension between north and south because the north did not like that congress could aid in the expansion of slavery. This becomes an argument over power -
Compromise of 1850
New version of the Fugitive Slave Act. Clay finally introduced a bill which was omnibus covering these measures. Calhoun attacked the plan and demanded that the North ceased the limits to slavery. -
Fugitive Slave Law
Passed the US Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave-holding interests and Free Northern soilers -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This was passed by the Congress on May 30, 1854. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for whether or not to allow slavery within borderx -
Dred Scott Supreme Court decision
Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. 393, also known simply as the Dred Scott case, was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on US labor law and constitutional law. -
Raid on Harper’s Ferry
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was an effort by white abolitionist John Brown to initiate an armed slave revolt in 1859 by taking over a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. -
Election of 1860
Lincoln won the presidential nomination. In November 1860 election, Lincoln faced Douglas again. He represented the Northern faction of being divided heavily which is the Democratic party, as well as Breckinridge and Bell. -
Battle of Antietam
This battle is also known as Battle of Sharpsburg, which is in the South. This was fought on September 17, 1862 near Sharpland and Antietam Creek as part of the Campaign. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The preliminary Emancipation Proclamation was issued on September 22, 1862, near what they called Sharpsburg, Maryland. Antietam Creek was a part of the Maryland Campaign. -
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Battle of Gettysburg
They fought in 1863, considering the most important engagement of the American Civil War. After victory over the forces of the Union at Chancellorsville, General Robert E. marched his Northern Virginia Army into Pennsylvania in late June 1863. -
Abraham Lincoln
A American politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the U.S from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865