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Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise allowed Missouri to enter into the Union as a slave state as long as Maine was entered in as a free state. This was to try to keep balance in the Union. -
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Conflicts leading up to the Civil War
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Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner led a group of slaves in a rebellion. They killed 51 white slave owners until they were caught and hung. This was considered the only successful slave rebellion. -
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The Gag Rule
The Gag Rule was put in place to prevent congress from talking about slavery. They were not allowed to talk about a problem that was brewing which led to a large debate when the gag rule was taken out of effect which helped lead the South in wanting to secede. -
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African American Migration
The African American Migration was when African Americans were transferred and sold into the deep South. The African Americans were taken from where they had lived for generations and sold through the coastal trade or inland system. -
Texas Annexation
Texas gained it's independence from Mexico and wanted to join the Union. However, they wanted to enter in as a slave state. This means that the balance between slave and free states would be unbalanced, and gave the south more land to farm. -
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act made it so any slaves who escaped could be sought out by their masters and be returned to slavery. A master could say that any black person was their slave even if that person was free their entire life. Black people had no say. -
California becomes a state
When California wanted to become a state there was a lot of controversy. California crossed over the 39 line and so they could be a free or slave state. California was entered in as a free state which caused unrest in the South. -
Publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin was published by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852. It caused a large amount of controversy because it was an anti-slavery book. Abraham Lincoln, when meeting her for the first time said, "So this is the little lady who made this big war." -
Bleeding Kansas
Kansas was entered into the states as a popular sovereignty state. This means that the people could decide whether they wanted slaves or not. Settlers from both free and slave states came to Kansas in order to claim it as their own. Violence then broke out in the state because of the debate and got its name as "Bleeding Kansas." -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott decided to sue his master because he believed that since he lived in a free state for so long that he couldn't be brought back to the slave states and become a slave. The court ruled that since he was a black, he had no rights. Therefore he could not sue his master and he had to live in the slave states as a slave.
