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MIssouri Compromise
Congress passed a bill granting Missouri statehood as a slave state. If that slavery would be prohibited in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase. It would run along the southern border of Missouri. -
Nat Turner’s Rebellion
Nat was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County.Education was prohibited and the right to assemble was severely limited to the slaves. When during this act 55 slaves amd even Nat was were tried and executed for their role in the insurrection. -
The Wilmot Proviso
Wilmot Proviso was a piece of legislation given by David Wilmot because it was the close of the Mexican American War. Wilmot P would of out lawed slavery because of the United states result of the war, When they did that it included the Sourthern and Cali. -
The Compromise of 1850
The Compromise became possible after the sudden death of President Zachary Taylor, who, although a slaveowner, had favored excluding slavery from the Southwest. Whig leader Henry Clay designed a compromise, which failed to pass in early 1850, due to opposition by both pro-slavery southern Democrats, led by John C. Calhoun, and anti-slavery northern Whigs. Upon Clay's instruction, Douglas then divided Clay's bill into several smaller pieces and narrowly won their passage over the opposition of th -
Fugitive Act
This act was passed by the United States congress. This act had to do with the Compromise of of 1850. It involved the Southern slave holding interests and the Northern Free- soilders. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The novel was on anti- slavery. It was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. This book was published to saw people how slavery really is. People say that this book started the CivilWar. -
Bloody Kansas
Was the border brake ou of the war. This fight involved anti-slavery and pro-slavery. This made states vote for slavery in each state and it lead to a brake out. Some states people just went their to put their votes in and did not even stay. People said the slaves were their property becuase they bought them so they have the right for them to stay with there owners. -
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Dred Scott was a Virginia slave who tried to sue for his freedom in court. The case eventually rose to the level of the Supreme Court, where the justices found that, as a slave, Dred Scott was a piece of property that had none of the legal rights or recognitions afforded to a human being. -
John Brown’s Raid
John Brown cut his teeth as a killer as an anti-slavery “Jayhawker” during Bleeding Kansas. John wanted to fight for what he believed in and whatever he had to do really didn't matter to him. He own captured the arsenal, he was quickly surrounded and forced to surrender by soldiers under the command of Colonel Robert E. Lee. -
Abraham Lincoln’s Election
Abraham Lincoln was elected by a considerable margin in 1860 despite not being included on many Southern ballots. As a Republican, his party’s anti-slavery outlook struck fear into many Southerners.On December 20, 1860, a little over a month after the polls closed, South Carolina seceded from the Union.Six more states followed by the spring of 1861.
