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Three Fifths Compromise
The three fifths compromise was an agreement written in the Constitution that 3 out of the 5 slaves. This would count towards taxation and representation in the House of Representatives. -
Missouri Compromise
The issue with the Missouri Compromise was that Missouri wanted to be admitted as a free state. The North was opposed to slave states while the South was opposed to free states. -
Abolitionist Movement
The abolitionists wanted slavery to be gradually phased out. The North bans slavery, while the South doesn't ban slavery. The South lost and said fearfully that slavery was part of their life. -
The Compromise of 1850
During the Compromise of 1850, the states/territories wanted to be known as free states. During the Fugitive Slave Act, the North and the South had a conflict of free and state slaves, which has impacted to people to be abolitonists. -
Republican Party
The replican party begins when Abraham wins his election. The former whigs, free-soil, & antislavery democrats. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
During the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Americans wanted to build a Transcontinental Railroad to connect the west coast with the rest of the United States. The North and the South had conflict with constructing the railroad. -
Supreme Court Case-Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott was a slave who sought his freedom through the American legal system. The decision has invalidated the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which placed restrictions on slavery in certain U.S. territories. -
Election of 1860 & Secession of Southern States
Abraham wins the electoral vote and the popular vote. Ever since then, the Southern states began to secede from the Union and fought for slavery. -
Fort Sumter
In April 1861, a skirmish at Fort Sumter, Charlotte, Sout Carolina led to the 1st shots fired of the Civil War. This all started because the South seceded from the Union in the United States. -
Civil War
During the Emanicipation Proclaimation, the Republicans in the Union were divided over the issue of ending slavery. Lincoln did not want to lose loyalty over the slave states, but he did wanted to preserve the Union.
