The American Crisis

By Mitch16
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    The American Crisis

  • The Comprimise of 1850

    Congress adopts the Compromise of 1850, which admits California to the Union as a free state, but does not forbid slavery in other territories acquired from Mexico. It also prohibits the sale of slaves in Washington, D.C. and includes a strict law requiring the return of runaway slaves to their masters

  • First National Womens Rights Conference

    The first national women’s rights convention, held in Worcester, Mass., attracts delegates from nine states.

  • Saving A Slave

    A Boston crowd rescues Shadrack, a fugitive slave, from court custody

  • The Start of Prohibation to spread Nationwide

    Maine adopts a law prohibiting the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages, leading future prohibition statutes to be called Maine laws.

  • Uncle Tom´s Cabin

    Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which sells 300,000 copies in a year and a million copies in 16 months. When Stowe met President Lincoln at the White House, he reportedly asked her: “Is this the little woman whose book made such a great war?”

  • The Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Sen. Stephen Douglas introduces the Kansas Nebraska Act, which repeals the Missouri Compromises and opens Kansas and Nebraska to white settlement.