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The Underround Railroad
The Undergroung Railroad was made to help slaves reach freedom in the north.It was run by the conductors, The Stationmasters, The Stockholders, and The Sheperds. The most famous condutor was Harriet "Moses" Tubman. She made the trip to the south over 19 times to save her family. Frederick Douglass, run-away slave and stationmaster, gave her the nickname. the father of the underground railroad was William Still. Levi coffin was known as the President of the Underground Railroad. -
The Underground Railroad
Isaac T. Hopper, a Quaker, began a system for hiding and aiding runaway slaves in 1787. This is what started the Underground Railroad. March 20th is the first day of spring, and spring was the safest time to of the year to escape, therefore March 20, 1787 will be the start date. The end date, December 6, 1865 was when the 13th Amendment ending slavery was passed, thus ending the need to escape on the Underground Railroad. -
The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri compromise was a 2-part document that was established to make the slave states and the free states equal. It explained what the north and south wanted. The north wanted Missouri to be a free state but the south wanted Missouri to be a slave state. Congressman James Tallmadge of New York proposed that no more slaves be brought into Missouri, and that the children of slaves already there be freed at the age 25. missouri was slave,maine was free, and the issue was resolved. -
Harriet "Moses" Tubman
Harriet Tubman was born in Dorchester County, Maryland. Harriet Tubman was on the most famous conductors of the Underground Railroad. She was a runaway slave. She made the trip to the south over 19 times to save her family. She also went back for her husband but found that he had a new wife.If one of the runaways would want to turn back, she would pull out a gun and said "either be free or die." John Brown once called her "the most bravest persons on this continent." She did wonders. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner
Nat Turner's Rebellion resulted in many slaves wanting their freedom even more than they used to. it started when Nat Turner Got together a small army of about 60-70 slaves and killed slave owners and their families. Nat Turner also resulted in that even if you wernt a slave but you were black, you would be sent to plantations as slaves and treated you like you were a runawy. which means you were whipped. -
The Dred Scott Case
the Dred Scott case was one of the biggest events that led to the civil war. It started when the supreme court in 1857 denied citizenship of Dred Scott when he sued for his freedom. Outrage struck in the north and the south. The south said slaves aren't people, they're property. the north thought differently. they thought the slaves ARE people and that they deserve to be treated like people. Dred Scott finally got his freedom, but died one year later. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
the kansas-nebraska act basically stated that the 36-30 line and the missouri compromise didn't apply to Kansas and Nebreaska. Stephen douglas started the Kansas-Nebraska Act because he wanted to be president. He thought since Kansas and Nebraska's agriculture couldn't hold cotton or slaves, they would choose to be free and the north would agree with it. they didn't. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas struck when tension in the Kansas Territory began when the Kansas-Nebraska Act became law.Proslavery settlers from Missouri moved into kansas to vote illegally in the territory hoping kansas would become a slave state. But the free soilers, the people who wanted to keep the territory free, were committed to keeping it that way. -
The Presidential Election of 1860
differences between the northern democrate and the southern democrate finally split the democrate party in 1860.the south chose John C. Breckinridge and John Bell to represent them. the north chose Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln recieved 180 electoral votes out of 303. he only recieved 40% in the popular vote. Douglas was second with 29%. Breckinridge was thrid with 18%. bell was last with 13%. Lincoln won the presidentcy with no southern votes. -
The Attack on Fort Sumter
Abraham Lncoln didn't want to believe it was true, but the confederates were attacking Fort Sumter. on April 6 Lincoln told the governor of South Carolina that he was sending provisions to Fort Sumter. On April 10 the cofederate president Davis told general P.G.T Beauregard to make Fort Sumter surrender. this happened before the supplies could make it. Anderson refused to surrender so the confederates took the fort by force. Anderson finally surrendered after a day of bombardment.
