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John Brown is Back
John Brown was a abolitionist whose fervent hatred of slavery led him to seize the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry in October 1859. This was a conflict becuase, John Brown was caught and hanged. Northerners were thrilled with his campaign against slavery. Southerners were distressed that the U.S. would support abolishing the law. -
Kansas Nebraska act
The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 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 settlers in those territories to determine through Popular Sovereignty whether they would allow slavery within each territory. This was a conflict because anti slavery supporters were mad under these terms. -
The comprimise of 1820
The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress. It prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory except within the boundaries of the state Missouri. This was a conflict becuase if the southerners wanted to move here, they wouldnt be able to bring their slaves along. -
Free soil party
The Free Soil Party was a short-lived political party in the United States active in the 1848 and 1852 presidential elections, and in some state elections. The free soil party was a conflict becuase this party was to abolish slavery, and the pro slavery party didnt want this to happen so it caused a problem. -
The Comprimise of 1850
The 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). This was a conflict because, it led to a breakdown of spirtual comprimse in the US. -
Wilmot provisio
The Wilmot Proviso, one of the major events leading to the American Civil War, would have banned slavery in any territory to be acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War or in the future. This was a conflict beucase the southerners fought to keep their slaves and land so the congress didnt pass the law. -
California Becomes free state
California's application for admission as a free state with its current boundaries was approved and a Southern proposal to split California at parallel 35° north to provide a Southern territory was not approved. This was a conflict becuase the people that owned slaves in California could no longer own them. -
Fugitive slave act
The Fugitive Slave Law or Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave-holding interests and Northern Free-Soilers. This was a conflict because, the comprimise of 1850 was one of the most controversial acts of the 1850 compromise. It declared that all runaway slaves were, upon capture, to be returned to their masters. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas, Bloody Kansas or the Border War, was a series of violent political confrontations involving anti-slavery Free-Staters and pro-slavery "Border Ruffian" elements, that took place in the Kansas Territory and the neighboring towns of Missouri between 1854 and 1861. -
The Dred Scott Case
The dred Scott case was a decsion made by the us supreme court. It made two major rulings. The first ruling was that African-Americans were not citizens, and therefore had no standing to sue in federal court. The second ruling was that the federal government had no power to regulate slavery in any territory acquired subsequent to the creation of the United States. This was a conflict becuase they ruled that he was not a citizen of the United States because he was not white so he couldnt sue. -
The Lincoln Douglas Debates
The Lincoln Douglas Debates of 1858 was a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate for the Senate in Illinois, and Senator Stephen Douglas, the Democratic Party candidate. Douglas won the debates, but they catapulted Lincoln into the national awareness and his position in the Republican Party was strengthened. Was a conflict because? Lincoln didn't want to see slavery expanded into any new states, and Douglas believed popular sovereignty should decide the issue. -
Lincoln's Election
The United States presidential election of 1860 was the 19th quadrennial presidential election. The election was held on Tuesday, November 6, 1860 and served as the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the American Civil War. This was a conflict becuase, The United States presidential election of 1860 was the 19th quadrennial presidential election. The election was held on Tuesday, November 6, 1860 and served as the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the American Civil War.
