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Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad consisted of many routes. People who helped out were called Conductors, Parcels, Sheperds and stockholders. There were many code names for the slaves, and they also made quilts to share things under the slave owner's eyes. Almost all routes led to either the North or Canada. -
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The Underground Railoroad
The Underground Railroad consisted of many routes. People who helped out were called Conductors, Parcels, Sheperds and stockholders. There were many code names for the slaves, and they also made quilts to share things under the slave owner's eyes. Almost all routes led to either the North or Canada. -
The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri compromise was the solution to Missouri becoming a slave state. Some slaveholders were already in Missouri, and probably didn’t agree with this compromise. They joined without limitations. North and South did not agree about Missouri. Southerners did agree though that congress could admit and deny statehood, but also thought that congress did not have the ability to make conditions for a certain place to become a state. -
(continued) The Missouri Compromise
A congressmen of New York named James Tallmadge thought that Missouri shouldn’t be a slave state, they should stop bringing in slaves, and that slave children already in Missouri should be set free at the age of 25. Unfortunately Missouri became a slave state, but Maine did become a free state. Anything north of 36’ 30’ was free. There were 12 free states and 12 slave states, so it was equal. -
Nat Turner's rebellion
Nat Turner was a very religious slave. In 1831, he led a rebelion of slaves up to 60 to 70 people. He killed slave owners and their families. Once people began to hear about this, 3000 troops were sent to capture Nat Turner. He was arrested, and received a death penalty, while some other slaves were found innocent and set free. Before his death, Thomas Gray interviewed Nat Turner, and wrote a book on what he said. People are not sure if the book was made up by Thomas Gray. -
Dred Scott case
Dred Scott was a slave, and sued for his freedom. Dred won the second suit, but Mrs. Emerson turned Scott over to her brother. Scott and his wife did not want to give up freedom, so he found an abolitionist lawyer. The Scott vs. Sandford case also had a 1st aspect of whether or not Scott was even a citizen of Missouri. Unfourtantly, Dred Scott lost his final battle. This angered the states, and tension grew. In 1857, the Blow's freed Scott's family. Scott died a year later. -
The Compromise of 1850
Henry Clay and John Calhoun were in a debate about a compromise. Clay wanted a compromise, while Calhoun thought slavery should expand into the west states. Stephen Douglas wanted a compromise as well and picked up for Henry Clay when he died. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas refers to when the residents of Kansas broke out into a fight. The government thought that the people of Kansas should decide on becoming a free state or not on their own. This resulted in a huge conflict, and it broke out into a war. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
This act served to cancel the Missouri Compromise. People were to decide whether or not to allow slavery in their borders. Pro-slavery settlers and anti-slavery settlers soon got into a huge fight known as "Bleeding Kansas". Franklin Pierce stopped the fight by sending in federal troops. Another election was held, and Kansas was admitted as a free state. -
Election of 1860
Four men ran for president. Their names were Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas, John Bell, and John Breckinridge. The South did not vote for Lincoln, but he had still managed to get most of the North's votes. The South was not happy about this, and decided to leave. Lincoln thought they were just rebelling. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter was suppose to protect Charleston Harbor. It was on an island in South Carolina. The main commander was Major Robert Anderson. General P.T. Beauregard began building forces around the fort. He threatened Anderson that he would fire if he didn't surrender. He refused and firing began. Needing supplies and more men, Anderson soon surrendered. This partially caused the Civil War to begin.
