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The Missouri Compromise was a piece of legislation that divided the states into either a free or slave states along the 36th parallel. -
Nat Turner led a group of men who killed 60 slave owners and believed god sent him to end slavery, the revolt led to stronger restrictions on slaves across the south. -
A legal proposal to prevent slavery from expanding as the United States grew its territory. -
Disputes over the land that was annexed from Mexico in regards to its status as a slave or free state. -
White southern slave owners started bringing slaves to California to mine gold. -
Harriott Tubman was a social activist who helped over 70 slaves travel the "Underground Railroad" and escape slavery. -
California was admitted as a free state, Other previously Mexican states would not mention slavery, so the fugitive slave act was put in place. -
The Fugitive Slave Act allowed slaves to be retuned to their owners even if they were in a free state. -
Uncle Tom’s Cabin was a book that when published, opened the eyes of many to the terrible realities of the conditions faced in slavery. -
A fight across the western portion of the United States at the time between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces. And the movement of people to sway a vote on slavery. -
Repealed the Missouri Compromise, and made the Kansas and Nebraska territories, the vote was left to the people regarding the status of these places as free or slave. -
A court decision that slaves of African descent were not American citizens, as well as their children. -
Seven debates between Lincon and Douglas, these debates mostly focus on the expansion of slavery on the U.S. territory. -
A raid on a stockpile in Virginia, in an attempt to start a slave revolt in the south. -
Lincoln won the election, he had already abolished slavery in the northernmost states. -
Lincoln winning the election led to calls for slaveholding southern states whos economies relied on slavery to leave the union.