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Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe was an abolitionist who wrote a fiction book called "Uncle Tom's Cabin." This book unvailed the true cruelty of slavery and brought many to the fight against slavery. This book also angred many southern slave pro-slavery supporters. -
The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise (Compromise of 1820) was about whether or not Missouri would join the union as a slave state. Thought of by Henry Clay the compromise stated that all states below the 36-30 line (and Missouri) were slave states. All states above the line were free states. This only applied to land that came from the Louisiana Purchase. -
Nat Turners Rebellion
An intelligent, religeous slave, named Nat Trurner led a group of about 60 or 70 slaves in a rebellion that saw about 60 plantation owners and their families murdered. -
Compromise of 1850
The compromise of 1850 (a temporary compromise) like the Compromise of 1820 was thought up by Henry Clay. This was a five part compromise. The first part allowed California to join the union as a free state. Second it stated that all territorys won in the Mexican war would be able to choose for themselves if they wanted slave labor or not. Third, the slave trade was outlawed in Washington D.C. The fourth part settled the disutes about the border of Texas. And finally came the Fugitive Slave Act. -
Kansas- Nebrasca Act
This Act was actually a repeal to the Compromise of 1820 involving the 36-30 line. It allowed the Territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves if they want slavery or not. -
Bleeding Kansas
There is not specific date for "Bleeding Kansas" but it was in the 1850's to the 1860's. It was a border war between Northern abolitionists and Southern slave owners. -
Underground Railroad Activity Spikes
The Underground Railroad (not a litteral railroad) was a group of people who would help slaves escape. The group was often represented by a lantern as seen on the patch. Harriet Tubman was one of the most famous partisipants in the underground railroad. She too is often a symbol of the underground railroad. When the Fugitive Slave Act was passed the Underground Railroad became much more active. -
Dred Scott Case
The Dred Scott Case was a benchmark case int eh history of the united states in which the supreme cort unleahsed it's most controvercial verdicts ever. Dred Scott was a slave who attempted to sue for his freedom. When he was owned by a Army doctor he lived in a few nothern states. He thought that made him a free african american. The supreme cort thought otherwise. The declared that blacks were not person in front of the law, and that congress had no right to stop the spread of slavery. -
Presidential Election of 1860
The Presidential Election of 1860 is one of the most famous elections in American history. This election saw the fist ever Republican elected president without a single Southern vote -
Attack on Fort Sumter
The Attack on Fort Sumter was the final push that started the Civil War. Fort Sumter was in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. SOuth Carolina had already seceded from the Union.
