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The Compromise of 1850 are five separate bills passed by Congress in 1850. These bills made some of the tensions between slaves and free states go away. It was created by by senator Henry Clay, and democratic senator Stephan A. Douglas. They also had the support of the president at the time, Millard Fillmore. The main point of the compromise was on how to handle slavery in new territories the US received from the Mexican - American War. -
A war in Kansas between pro-slavery, free staters, and abolitionists. Some of the violence was also in western Missouri. What led to a war was if Kansas would be a slave state or a free state after they became a state. Years of fraud, raids, assaults, and murders happened, including possibly 200 political killings. Kansas ended up joining the union as a free state. The fighting ended in 1861. -
The purpose of the act was to organize the territories of Nebraska and Kansas. The act was drafted by Stephan A. Douglas. The act was signed into law by president Franklin Pierce. Douglas wanted to open up new lands and introduce construction of transcontinental railroads. Although the act repealed the Missouri Compromise, which caused some of the violence that happened during Bleeding Kansas. -
This event happened in the United States senate chamber. Preston Brooks was a pro slavery democrat from South Carolina, while Charles Sumner was an abolitionist Republican from Massachusetts. Brooks used a walking cane to attack Sumner. The reason he attacked him is because he didn’t like what Sumner said in a speech he gave two days before. The speech spoke down on slave holders, specifically Andrew Butler who was a relative of Brooks. Sumner almost died from the attack. -
Since the Constitution didn’t apply to African Americans, they didn’t have the rights and privileges it gave to white Americans. This is known to be the worst decision the Supreme Court ever made in history. Dred Scott was an enslaved African American who moved from Missouri, which was a slave holding state, to Illinois where slavery was illegal. When his owners brought him back to Missouri he sued them for his freedom. -
Seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephan Douglas, who was a Republican Party candidate. The debates were made to get publicity. These debates would help Lincoln become more well known nationally. Douglas wanted to be known for more than just his involvement in the Kansas-Nebraska act. They spoke in all nine Illinois congressional districts. Douglas didn’t have as much to gain from these debates, while Lincoln did. -
Abolitionist John Brown was in charge of the raid. He wanted to start slave revolt in southern states by taking over the United States Arsenal at Harper’s ferry in Virginia. This was a tragic event that led to the civil war. John browns men were defeated though by U.S marine guards. Ten raiders were killed during the raid, while seven were executed after. Five of them ended up escaping, and were later active in the civil war. -
Lincoln was a Republican from Illinois who was the nineteenth president of the United States. He received 180 electoral votes, and 1,865,908 popular votes. He was the first ever Republican elected for president. Lincoln getting elected was part of the main reason the confederacy succeeded from the union. The United States became very divided in the 1850’s due to slavery being legal in the south, and illegal in the north. The Republican Party was a big political force in ending the division.