-
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise of 1820
The Compromise was to please both north and South, making Missouri a slave state and Maine a free state. It also said that there could be no slavery North of 36* 30 latitude line. In 1854 it was repealed and replaced by the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/missouri.html -
The Dred Scott Decision
Dred was enslaved to a doctor. Because of his masters work, he traveled and lived in free sates. When his master died, he sued for his freedom. After 11 years, the issue grew so much, that it was taken to the Supreme Court. The Chief Justice at the time, Rodger B. Taney, said that Dread was still an enslaved person, had no rights,and had no right to bring a lawsuit. This issue deepened the cracks that were separating the country. -
Compromise of 1850
Henry Clay, a senator from Kentucky proposed multiple bills to address the issues of slavery and keep the Union together. The reason this happened is because Territory California wanted to be a free state in there constitution on December 3, 1849. What it said was that any land that was won in the American-Mexican war. This was so that there was a balance between free and slave states. The principle of popular sovereignty was used and Washington D.C. had no slaves but had slave trade -
“Bleeding Kansas”-Sacking of Lawrence 1854–59
After the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed, Kansas wanted to become a state. Popular Sovereignty- letting the population of the state vote on whether it should be a free or a slave state was how the people were going to choose on being a free or slave state. Kansas was the turning point,the beginning of the beginning of the civil war. John Brown tried to arm and get the slaves to go against their owners, which cause greater strife and anger between North and South. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act May 30, 1854 Part 2
Each side wanted Kansas to be part of their side, so they voted illegally. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act May 30, 1854
The president Franklin Pierce in 1853 wanted to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act. He wanted to have the area west of Missouri and Iowa to organised into the territories Kansas and Nebraska. Both were above the 36 30N latitude line they were both likely to be free states. To appease both North and South he said the territories could vote on whether they are a free or slave state. People flooded to Kansas, there was a huge amount of sectionalism- huge amount of loyalty to one part of a country. -
Lincoln Douglas Debates
At the time of the debates, Lincoln was nearly unknown. Douglas on the other hand, was a successful lawyer and was apart of the democratic party.He had been is the House of Representatives and in the Senate. He disliked slavery and thought that the fight over it would stunt the nation's growth. During the debates the main topic was slavery and what they would do about it. As the debates went on he got a reputation of being a person with clear thinking and could argue with force and persuasion. -
Raid on Harpers Ferry (John Brown)
After the election of 1858, Southerns to be afraid of the republicans. The abolitionist John Brown, attacked an arsenal in Harpers Ferry in Virginia hoping to cause a revolution, and arm the slaves. He was caught and was sentenced to hanging for treason. Many saw him as a Martyr and others didn't like his use of violence. Because of all this the south found out about his abolitionist ties and took this as confirmation of the Northern conspiracy. -
Election of Lincoln 1860
At the time Lincoln had won the election the current president James Buchanan said that the southern states had no right to secede. Some slave states decided to stay with the Union, though that was not the final decision. -
Lincoln Inaugural Address
In his Inaugural Address, Lincoln spoke mainly to the seceding south. He spoke toughly, but with words of peace. He said that secession was not permitted, and that " the Union of these States is perpetual." -
Attack on Fort Sumter
The Confederate states had started to capture Union forts within their states. Fort Sumter was one of them, place on an island guarding Charleston harbor. The Attack on Fort Sumter
people at the fort sent a letter to president Lincoln, telling him they were low on supplies. Lincoln sent an unarmed expedition to give the fort supplies. He said not to fire unless fired upon. Jefferson Davis, the Confederate president, ordered his men to fire on the fort before the expedition could arrive. -
Attack on Fort Sumter part 2
Thus beginning the start of the civil war that broke through the U.S.
