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This compromise allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state, maintaining the balance of power. It also prohibited slavery north of the 36°30’ latitude in the Louisiana Territory. -
This compromise allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state, maintaining the balance of power. It also prohibited slavery north of the 36°30’ latitude in the Louisiana Territory.
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Nat Turner, an enslaved preacher, led a violent rebellion in Virginia against slaveholders. Though suppressed, it intensified Southern fears of slave uprisings and led to harsher laws against enslaved people. -
Nat Turner, an enslaved preacher, led a violent rebellion in Virginia against slaveholders. Though suppressed, it intensified Southern fears of slave uprisings and led to harsher laws against enslaved people.
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Harriet Tubman, an escaped enslaved woman, became a key conductor on the Underground Railroad, helping hundreds of enslaved people escape to freedom in the North. -
The discovery of gold in California led to a mass migration to the region, which fueled debates over whether California should be a free or slave state, leading to the Compromise of 1850. -
This conflict between the U.S. and Mexico resulted in the U.S. gaining territories, including present-day California and much of the Southwest, reigniting debates over the expansion of slavery. -
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This proposal aimed to ban slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico during the Mexican-American War. Though it did not pass, it heightened tensions between North and South over slavery. -
This proposal aimed to ban slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico during the Mexican-American War. Though it did not pass, it heightened tensions between North and South over slavery.