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Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe was a very famous abolitionist of her time. She wrote a book called "Uncle Tom's Cabin", which told how awful and terrible slavery was. This angered the south, and they wrote their own book on how horrible the northern factories were and how bad the workers were treated. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is what she is known for. I chose the date , June 14, 1811, because that was her birthday. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was the first significant event that effected the country. Henry Clay was the man who wrote this Compromise. This added two states, Missouri (slave) and Maine (free), and established the 36'30 line. It was written to keep the country from splitting apart because of the conflict with slavery. -
Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was used by slaves as an escape route to the North, Florida, Canada, and some Carribean countries. Herriett Tubman is one of the most famous people known for the Underground Railroad. She was thought to have been the person that led many of the slaves to freedom. Another famous person is Tys Davis. He was known to have been the first person to use the Underground Railroad. I chose the date Jan. 1, 1830 because 1830 was the first year the underground railroad was used. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner was a very intelligent, religous man. He was also very mysterious. In Virginia in 1831, he led 60-70 slaves in a rebellion against slavery. They killed many plantation owners and their families. Historians still don't know why he did this. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was proposed by Henry Clay. he made over 70 speeches in support of his compromise. This, like the M.O. Compromise, had multiple parts (5), and kept the country together as one nation. This compromise gave the North another free state (C.A.), but gave the South something more important, the Fugitive Slave Act. This meant that every runaway slave had to be returned to the South by law. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas was the violence between anti-slavery and pro-slavery supporters. They were fighting over whether Kansas should join the Union as a free state or as a slavery state. John Brown, an abolitionist, was the man who started the first "battle" in Bleeding Kansas. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska is what really started to tear our country apart. This act allowed the people to choose whether the Nebraska and Kansas territories are free states or slave states. It also brought the Missouri Compromise and the 36'30 line out of the equation and was no longer a law. This angered the north and brought violence into the mix. -
Dred Scott Case
Dred Scott, a slave, sued for his freedom. He went to trial in 1847, but lost of a technicality. He went to a retrial in 1857 with his wife and kids. This trial was taken in the Supreme Court of Justice. The Chief Justice stated that because he was black, he wasn't a citizen, therefor he had no right to sue. The judge also stated that blacks never will be citizen's of the United States. also, the judge said the M.O. Compromise was unconstitutional. Peter Blow's sons purchased Scott, but he died. -
Presidential Election of 1860
The election of 1860 was probably one of the craziest elections of all time. Abraham Lincoln was the winner of this election. Just three years after this election, the Civil War began. Abe Lincoln had won this election without any southern votes at all and nearly all of the northern votes. Nov. 6, 1860 was the day of the election. -
Attack on Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter was a Union fort in the middle of Charleston Harbor surrounded by 2 Confederate forts on near islands. On April 12, 1861, Fort Sumter was attacked by Confederate ships. Supply ships were on their way into the fort, but couldn't get in, because the fort was surrounded. This was the "official" start of the American Civil War.
