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Garrett R. Howard
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Underground Railroad
The underground railroad was a network of safe houses, routes and paths to freedom. Abolitionists made this network for slaves to escape to Canada (freedom). They made special code words, like conductor, packages or even Gospel Train. They stuck to the theme of railroads so others would think that they were talking about literally a package being sent on a train. -
Missouri Comprimise
The Missouri Compromise was started when Missouri joined from the Louisiana purchase. The South questions whether Missouri would be a slave state and the North questioned whether it'd be a free state. In the end, March 3rd 1820 congress granted Missouri statehood as a slave state. Congress also introduced Maine as a free state to balance the North with the South. They also introduced the 36’ 30’, it was a line through the bottom half of Missouri, below was slave land and above was free land. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner was a very religious man, a slave and a priest on the Travis plantation. The slaves on the plantation looked up to him, sort of like a leader. Nat Turner convinced the other slaves to follow him into a rebellion against plantation owners and their families. The rebellion had about 60 to 70 slaves and they killed as many as 200 people, including children. The rebellion lasted only two days but had such a big impact on America that we are still today dealing with problems that it creat -
Missouri Comprimise of 1850
January 29, 1850 the Mexican American war was resolved in the Compromise of 1850, it consisted of laws admitting California as a free state, along with creating Utah and New Mexico territories with the question of whether or not they'd be free or slave states. The Texas and Mexican border was set, slave trade ended in Washington D.C. Also the Fugitive slave act was enforced. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
Senator Steven Douglas of Illinois, had two conflicting ambitions. First he wanted Chicago to benefit from the development of the west. Sooner Kansas and Nebraska became states, the sooner they could build railroads across them and the sooner Chicago could become the railroad hub of the nation. Douglas also wanted to run for president, to do that he needed support of southern democrats. Pushing statehood for the south would gain more supporters but if he hadn't then the would become enemies. On -
Harpers Ferry
The raid on Harpers Ferry was led by John Brown and 22 other antislavery men including his son. 1854, October 16 on a Sunday evening Brown took over the arsenal and held hostages. Brown and his followers had a dream of taking the weapons from the arsenal and arming the southern slaves to destroy slavery, but Colonel Robert E. Lee cut their dreams short. Lee and his men killed half of Brown's men until he surrendered. Brown was later found guilty and hung by the neck until dead. -
Bleeding Kansas
May 21, 1856 was the first act of violence of the “Bleeding Kansas” time period. This led to an attack near Pottawatomie creek, killing five proslavery men, led by John Brown and other Antislavery men. The attack at Pottawatomie creek started a summer of murderous raids, later to be nicknamed “Bleeding Kansas”. -
Dred Scott
Dred Scott lived in Missouri, Wisconsin and Illinois. Which Wisconsin and Illinois are free states so Scott believed that he should be a free man if he lives in a free state. Dred Scott went to court about his issue, after ten years Scott finally went to the Supreme Court but the was denied there also. They told him he would never be considered a citizen, he would always be considered property, so therefore the owner of him can take him wherever they wanted, basically erasing the 36’ 30’. After -
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Stowe was known for her book “Uncle Tom's Cabin”, some people even say it was the book that started the Civil War. The book told a story about how a slave and how he was mistreated by his masters. The book told the north how slavery was and it made them hate slavery even more. Abraham Lincoln once said to her, “so you're the little lady who started this war”. -
Prestidential Election of 1860
The election took place in November 6, 1860. The candidates were Stephen Douglas of Illinois, John C. Breckenridge of Kentucky, John Bell of Tennessee and Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln won with all northern votes, not a single southern vote. He also had CA and OR in the west. The ending result was Lincoln had 180 electoral votes, Douglas had 12 electoral votes, Breckenridge dominated the south with 72 electoral votes, and Bell finished with 39 electoral votes.
