Slavery and Westward Expansion

By dwaboutit

  • Importation of slaves ends

    Economic (slaves were important to the economy) and political (first step towards rights for people of color)

  • The Missouri Compromise/The Compromise of 1820

    Political (legislative agreement, political equilibrium between North and South), social (tensions over slavery)

  • The Compromise of 1850

    Political, social

  • The Wilmot Proviso

    Political, social

  • The Fugitive Slave Act

    Political, social

  • Uncle Tom’s Cabin

    Social

  • The Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Political, social

  • Bleeding Kansas

    Social, political

  • The Caning of Charles Sumner

    Social, political

  • The Dred Scott Decision

    Political, social