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People: Henry Clay, John Randolph, Richard Blandlee
Free African Americans. -
Prohibitted slavery in the former Louisiana terriory
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People: Wiliam Lloyd Garrison, Arthur Tappan
Abolitionist society -
A minor political party. It broke away from the American Anti-Slavery Societey.
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An armed conflict between America and Mexico in the wake of the anexxion of Texas which Mexico considered to be part of itself.
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One of the major events leading up to the civil war. Would have banned slavery in any territory belonging to Mexico in the future Mexican war.
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People: James W. Marshall
Where: Sutter's Mill, Colma, California
A very wealthy period of time in the circumstances of gold -
A short-lived political party that consisted of former anti slavery members of the whig party
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People: Henry Clay, Stephen Douglas
A package of 5 bills, september -
Scott and his wife were illegally held as slaves, and they held a trial to hopefully gain their freedom. They did NOT gain their freedom after their efforts.
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An anti-slavery novel written by Harriet Becheer Stowe. Best selling novel of the 19th century. Showed people what slavery was really like, with the hope of turning more people against it.
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Created the terriotories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement.
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Sumner was beated mercilessly with a gold-tipped cane, and Brooks only stopped when his cane shattered, then he walked calmly out.
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A series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and senator Stephen Douglas. They were trying to win control of the Illinois legislature.
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A quaddrenial election. With the outbreak of slavery, and the division of the states.
