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Missouri compromise
The Missouri Compromise was an important compromise in the history of the United States. It was about weather or not we should allow slaves into the new lands of Missouri. The Government would compromise about this for a long time till finally they came up with a conclusion. Missouri had been bought with the Louisiana Purchase, when president Thomas Jefferson bought a large portion of land from France in 1804. The President led the Louise and Clark expedition. Eventually slave owners moved i -
Nat Turner's Reballion
Nat Turner, a slave, led a rebellion of about 60 to 70 slaves. he killed about 60 plantation owners and their families. 3000 troops were sent to capture nat turner and his rebels. All the slaves were tried in court. a few were found innocent and set free. others were found guilty and executed. nat turner was found guilty and hung but a lawyer interviewed him before he was executed in jail and the lowyer said Turner said " My master was kind who trusted him and had no cause to complain" -
Thomas Garret
thomas garrett was born in August 21 1781, as a young boy his black servent was tried for a runaway and almost sent south. he eventually when he became older he helped slaves by becoming a station master he helped 2700 slaves to freedom and after being tried in court almost went bankrupt from the fee. but he still continued to help the slaves -
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Underground Railroad
this was a series of paths fugitives used to escape to canada and become free the canadians got upset. they used secret language and symbols to communicate. the conductors were the people that guided the slaves to freedom they were whites of fugitive or freemen. they could use the mountaint which are full of hiding spots, the swamps to block their trail or boat for relaxing travell. but they were always hunted by men and dogs -
The Compromise of 1850
when the number of free to slave states was finally even california wanted to join the union. that meant the free states outnumbered the slave states. that meant the south once again threatened to secede. henry clay begged for a compromise.the end result california bacame free, slave trade in washington D.C banned, texas loses battle for boundaries to new mexico but gets $10 million dollars, slavery in utah and new mexico territories is now not restricted fugitive slave law slave holding in D.C -
Kansas-Nebraska act
kansas and nebraska joined the union and due to the 36.30 line they would become free but due to the act from stephan douglas they could choose. he thought this would make both sides happy but the north felt betrayed as it was possible to loose those states but the south had nothing to loose as both states where meant to be free. the north claimed that he wanted slavery -
Bleeding Kansas
this was a series of violent political confrentations to keep kansas a free state. some new england settlers moved here to help tip the balance of free voter to slave voters. the kansas-nebraska act was passed that struck the violent acts to maked kansas free. Proslavery settlers from missouri moved in to help turn the tides in their favor the first violent act was started by proslavery protesters. -
Dred Scott Case
Dred Scott was a slave that when his original owners sold him to a millitairy surgeon Mr. emerson. He lived in missouri, a free state, for 2 years where he meat his wife and when emerson moved back to the slave territories he never tried to stay back. he eventually sued for his freedom and the supreme court started to wonder if he should even have right to bring an issue to court. then his wife brought up the commandment that all men have a right to their own property and that made 36 30 void -
The Presidential election of 1860
The votes ended up like so Abe Lincoln had 39.8% popular votes
john beckinridge had 18.1% popular votes john bell had 12.6% popular votes and stephen douglas had 29.5% popular votes. abe won but without any votes from the south and the south got angry with that. they though he supported freedom and he personally did but he understood that without i our ecomy might go down the toilet. but the south didnt see that -
attack on fort sumter
the confederate army, which at the time abe refused to accept them as the confederate, surrounded the fort and blocked off all exits and enterences. the attack lasted 2 days and when it was finally over this sparked the flame for what would latter be called the infamouse great civil war of the united states.
