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Missouri Compromsise
The Missouri Compromise was an effort by Congress in 1820 to maintain peace in the United States regarding the issue of slavery. Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state and Maine was admitted as a free state to maintain the balance. It also stated that, with the exception of Missouri, all states from the Louisiana Purchase north of 36°30’ would not have slavery. When this compromise was repealed in 1854, it began a conflict that eventually led to the Civil War. -
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Abolitionist Movement
The abolitionist movement began in the 1830’s and continued until the creation of the 13th amendment in 1865. There were many different types of abolitionists. There were abolitionists that called for immediate emancipation of slavery and the end of racial segregation and discrimination. There were also abolitionists that wanted the gradual emancipation of slavery. While still others were just against the spread of slavery to new territories. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner was a slave and he ended up leadign a slave rebellion against the white slave-holding population. It was one of the bloodiest adn most effective revolts in history. At least 58 whites were killed, the white population retaliated and killed about 100 blacks in their persuit of Nat Turner. -
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Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a network of safe houses across the North that helped escaped slaves to freedom in Canada.This movement angered Southern slave-owners because they lost money for every slave that escaped and so their anger was directed at the North for helping the slaves -
Fugitive Slave Act
The fugitive slave act was passed by Congress in 1850 as part of a compormise between the North and the South regarding slavery. The act stated that Northers had the obligation to return any slaves foudn in the North back to their owners in the South, -
Uncle Toms Cabin
Uncle Toms Cabin was written in 1852 by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom’s Cabin is a story about the hardships of slavery and follows both a journey of escape and the touching story of the kindness some slaves received from their masters and their offspring. This novel revealed many truths about slavery that slave-owners did not particularly like. They were made out to be bad guys which angered them further and drove them towards seceding from the Union. -
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John Brown and Bleeding Kansas
John Brown led many anti-slavery attacks after the Nebraska-Kansas Act overturned the Missouri Compormise in 1854. Bleeding Kansas was a reference to the violence that was brought about because of the anti-slavery attacks. John Brown also had a famous raid on Harpers Ferry on October 16, 1859-October 18, 1859. -
Dred Scott Decision
The Dred Scott Decision was a Supreme Court decision on March 6, 1857 which allowed slave-owners to take their slaves to the western states that were newly part of the Union. This decision was blatantly in contrast with the views of the Republican Party which had been formed on the belief that slavery should be illegal. This created more tension between the North and the South because of their different views on slavery and whether or not it should be allowed in the Unites States. This tension o -
The Election of 1860
The election of 1860 was a controversial time because of the delicate balance the Uniuon was in regarding the issue of slavery. Abraham Lincoln eventually won both the popular vote adn the electoral college. This angered the South because of his abolitionist views. -
Southern Secession
Beginning on December 20, 1860 and going through the next June, 11 states in the South secceded from the Union. The captial moved from Birmingham, Alabama to Richmond, Virginia in 1861. There were 21 northern and border states in the United States and 11 states in teh Confederate States of America.
