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Wilmot Proviso
This bill aimed to outlaw slavery in territories taken from Mexico. The bill passed in the House of Representatives but was defeated in the senate thus causing a division in congress. Although, not a success it led to the formation of the Free Soil Party. -
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The nation breaking apart
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Compromise of 1850
The compromise of 1850 was a series of Congressional laws. It was intended to settle the major disagreements between free states and slave states. People celebrated the compromise, they thought it saved the union, but they were wrong it did not bring peace. -
Kansas-Nebraska act
The Kansas-Nebraska act was an 1854 law that established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. It also gave their residents the right to decide whether to allow slavery. People also noticed that this act would make Kansas into a battle ground over slavery soon. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas was an cival war in kansas. The cival war broke out for three years. The war happend due to the Pottawatomie Massacre. John Brown, an extreme abolistionist, and seben other men went to the cabins of his proslavery neighbors and murdered five people. -
Caning of sumner
In May 22, 1856 Representative Preston Brooks attacked Senator Charles Sumner with his cane in retaliation for a speech given by Sumner two days earlier. Senator Sumner almost died from that beating. -
Dred Scott V. Sandford
Dred Scott V. Sandford was an 1856 Supreme Court case in which a slave, Dred Scott, sued for his freedom. He had been sued because he had been taken to live in territories where slavery was illegal. The court ruled against scott -
Attack on Harpers Ferry
Harpers Ferry is a federal arsenal in Virginia. It was captured in October 16, 1859 during a slave revolt. Brown and 18 followers, 13 whites, and 5 blacks captured the Harpers Ferry arsenal. -
Election of 1860
The election of 1860 turned into two different races for the presidency, one in the North and one in the South. Lincoln and Douglas were canidates for the North. Were as the south canidates were Breckinridge and Bell.