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missouri compromise
was passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery organizations in the United States Congress, involving the regulation of slavery in the western territories. It prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36°30′ north except within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri. The 1820 passage of Missouri Compromise took place during the presidency of James Monroe. -
nat turner rebellion
was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, during August 1831. slaves killed 55 to 65 people. in the aftermath, there was widespread fear, and white people organized in retaliation against slaves. The state executed 56 slaves accused of being part of the rebellion. In the frenzy, many innocent enslaved people were punished. -
compromise of 1850
was a package of five bills passed in the United States in September 1850, which defused a four-year confrontation between the slave states of the South and the free states of the North regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexican-American War (1846–1848). The compromise, drafted by Whig Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky and brokered by Clay and Democrat Stephen Douglas, avoided secession or civil war and reduced sectional conflict for four years. -
fugitive slave act
was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850. It declared that all runaway slaves were to be returned to their masters. a suspected slave could not ask for a jury trial or testify on his or her own behalf.
this was important because slave who made it to north still could be a slave.even if the slave was free a white southern man could say it was his slave and take him back. -
kansas nebraska act
created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement, and had the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820 by allowing white male settlers in those territories to determine whether they would allow slavery within each territory. The act was designed by Democratic Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois. -
dred scott case
The case had been brought before the court by Dred Scott, a slave who had lived with his owner in a free state before returning to the slave state of Missouri. Scott argued that his time spent in these locations entitled him to emancipation. the court said he was not a us citizen so he could not sue in court. -
Emancipation Proclamation
a executive order issued by abraham licoln in 1863. it was not a law passed by congress. it stated that all slaves have to be freed. -
black codes
were laws passed by Southern states in 1865 and 1866, after the Civil War. These laws had the intent and the effect of restricting African Americans' freedom, and compelling them to work in a labor economy based on low wages or debt. slave codes placed restrictions on Black Americans who were not slaves -
work cited
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_Slave_Act_of_1850
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-codes
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/dred-scott-case
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas%E2%80%93Nebraska_Act
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compromise_of_1850
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Turner%27s_slave_rebellion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_Compromise
