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NorthWest Ordinance
The Northwest Ordinance allowed new states to added to the U.S. The Ordinance prohibits slavery in any northwest territory, and Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Indian are niow free states at this point. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was an agreement in 1820 between pro-slavery and anti-slavery. It prohibits slavery in Louisana Territory north of the 36 30 line execpt the boundaries of missouri. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 makes a couple of changes and to the U.S. It makes Califorinia a state. It also ends the slave trade in Washington D.C. Then it made Slavery come into new area's and territory based on popular soverighty. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The book of Uncle Tom's Cabin was written by Harriet Breecher Stowe. The book explaines her thoughts about anti-slavery and on how slavery is terrible and how they are hurting the lives of human beings. This was one of the most influencial moves and hatred between the north and the south. This was one of the ways the Civil war became of. -
Ostend-Manifesto
The Ostend-Manifesto was a series of bills that passed. It made Cuba a state. It would have become a state or be taken by force cause its the only thing left for spain. It had many fields of plantation. Since the south took it, they relized that Cuba already had slavery in it. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was based on the arguement over the transwest Railroad. This caused the 36 30 line to be rised. Slavery also starts up in some new places and the governemt questions slavery as a state or national issue. This cause leads to the Bleeding Kansas. -
Dred Scott V. Sandford
Dred Scott sued the U.S Government for his right to be free. The case is that his master died and in the will he said that dred was to be brought to is brother that lives in wisconsin. That is a free state and when he got ther, he was not permitted as a free citizin. He was not given that right and continued to be a slave.
