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Fugitive Slave Act
Fugitive Slave Act – 1850 The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was the most controversial part of the Compromise of 1850. This required that the citizens would have to assist in the recovery of slaves that had run away from their owners. The slaves would not get a trial and the act would be enforced much more since the start of this act. This was a disaster for the blacks already living in the north. They would eventually try to leave for Canada. -
Compromise of 1850
In 1850, Henry Clay wanted a compromise between the North and South. He wrote a set of resolutions, known as the Compromise of 1850, that he hoped would, “all questions and controversy between the free and slaves states, growing out of the subject of slavery” (Americans, p. 285). With his compromise, Clay wanted to give both the North and South something that would satisfy their wants. He proposed that California would become a part of the Union as a free state and stricter policies on fugitive -
Kansas Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854. It allowed for popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska. The citizens of Kansas and Nebraska were allowed to vote on the status of slavery in their states. The act threatened to void the Missouri Compromise from 1820. After the act was passed pro-slavery and anti-slavery supporters rushed to Kansas. Violence soon started and the territory was later nicknamed “bleeding Kansas” after the deaths started tally up. -
Bleeding Sumner
Bleeding Sumner – May 19th 1856 Senator Charles Sumner wrote a speech named “the Crimes Against Kansas.” After hearing the speech Congressman Preston Brooks gets very insulted about the speech. He then assaults Senator Charles Sumner in an effort to “avenge the insult to my state” with a cane. The assault was so severe that it took Sumner out of his job for 3 years. During the assault there were bystanders that actually helped Brooks beat Sumner by forming a barrier around the fight not lettin -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas – 1854-1858 Bleeding Kansas was a nickname for the territory of Kansas after the pro-slavery and anti-slavery supporters started to fight. Since the Kansas territory was located so close to Missouri that the status of slavery was always in question. The issue of slavery became such an intense subject everywhere in Kansas eventually bloodshed started and the death tolls started to get higher and higher. -
Buchanan's Presidential Victory
Buchanan was a national candidate during the election of 1856. He had not been involved in the Kansas-Nebraska Act, therefore he did not cause any tension between the North and the South. His vice Presidential partner was a Southerner so they represented both areas of the nation. Buchanan got elected president in winning 45 percent of the popular vote and was elected by almost all the Southern states. This was an important effect in the cause of the Civil War because the conflicts that were occu -
Dred Scott Descision
Dred Scott decision was a Supreme Court case that ruled people of African American descent not a U.S. citizen. This means that they are not protected by the constitution and that also means that they are denied basic rights. After the ruling this issue did not go away, in fact it became worst. The likes of Abraham Lincoln started to debate against the issue of slavery and became even more discussed through America.
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The Lecompton Constitution
The Lecompton Constitution was the second constitution to be proposed by the state of Kansas. This constitution was written in what a slave owner would find good. People from the North didn’t like the idea of slavery so they would’ve opposed this deal. Slave owners produced this document to go against the free slaves document in 1857. Both the other constitution (Topeaka) and the Lecompton where put up against each other. The president at the time had endorsed the Lecompton constitution. -
Lincoln Douglas debates
This was a series of debates for whom the senator of Illinois would be. The main topic of discussion was slavery. Since slavery was a main point of discussion at the time that is what they had been discussing. These debates had been widely viewed at word for word and analyzed by the people.Lincoln believed that slavery should be diminished and Douglas saw him as an abolitionist and Doulgas also did not agree with all of the policies in place under some of the new territory in the west. -
John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry
On October 16, 1859, an abolitionist and a group of his followers went to a town and captured civilians and the federal armory. Brown had hopes that the local slave population would join the raid and if they had won then the weapons that were seized would be given to the slaves for protection. Eventually the raid would fail and Brown would be captured and convicted of treason and murder. He was sentenced to death and was hung on December 2, 1859. -
Election of 1860
During the elecion of 1860 four candidates including Abraham Lincoln competed for office. Douglas was followed by Northern Democrats becuase of his views of Popular Soverity. Southern democrats supported Breckenridge. Other polititions backed up John Bell as the leader of the Constitutional Union Party. Lincoln won the election beating the other candidates then half of the popular vote. This was an important cause of the war since Lincolns abolitionist beliefs, were not supported by south. -
Lower South Succedes
Southerners began to feel they did not have a say in the government. On december 20th 1860 south carolina was the first state to declare succession from the United States. Southern states felt that they would also loose the battle of Slavery. Mississippi then decided to secede in 1861 and Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas all decided to succeed. This was an important cause of the Civil War because the South wanted to become its own nation which would lead to fighting over territor -
Attack on Fort Sumter
On March 5th 1861, one day after Lincoln’s innaugeration, the Confederacy was trying to take over Fort Sumter. This was a problem that Lincoln had to deal with either Letting them attack, or fighting back. Either option would be risky. Lincoln only chose to send in some food leaving Jefferson Davis the choice of war. On April 12th the Confederacy took over Fort Sumter. This was an important cause of the war because the Confederacy decided they wanted to start a War. -
Preparing for the Civil War
When the civil war began it was the start of fighting between the North and the South over the issue of slavery. The point was so heated and controversial that they started to fight over it and different representatives in congress acted out as speakers and many different people during this time period tried to influence other to think as they did on the topic. Besides that, this is the biggest issue America has faced in its short life span as a country, and it is the first sign of fighting
