Slavery and Westward Expansion

By kaylendouglas

  • Importation of Slaves Ends

    This event was economic. This event occured because slavery wasn't necessary for the Northern states' economy.

  • The Missouri Compromise / The Compromise of 1820

    This event was political. The compromise was made to ensure a safe balance between the free and slave states.

  • The Wilmot Proviso

    This event was political. The Wilmot Proviso's goal was to prevent the expansion of slavery into new territories.

  • The Compromise of 1850

    This event was political. The compromise was made to settle disputes about slavery and treat the threat of the Union dispanding.

  • The Fugitive Slave Act

    This event was political. This Act was passed because many pro-slavery leaders encouraged Congress to pass it.

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin

    This event was social. The reading helped many understand the immense pain enslaved mothers felt when their children were taken away from them.

  • The Kansas Nebraska Act

    This act was political. This act was passed because many believed that settlers in the new territories should have a say in whether slavery should be legal in their area.

  • Bleeding Kansas

    This event was political. This event resulted from an intense debate over slavery and if it should be legal in Kansas.

  • The Caning of Charles Sumner

    This event was political. Charles Sumner had informed the Senate on the issue of whether Kansas should be a free or slave state.

  • The Dred Scott Decision

    This event was political. The decision was that the Supreme Court upheld slavery in US territories, denied the legality of black citizenship in America, and declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional.