The Road To Division

By Kalyssia Jones - Clyburn

  • Missouri Compromise

    The Missouri Compromise happened because they were trying to decide if California should be a slave state or a non - slave state.

  • Compromise 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

  • Kansas / Nebraska Act

    Douglas wants some new Rail Road but needs support from the South, but if he makes the Rail Road then the Mossouri Compromise line will be erased.

  • Bleeding Kansas

    Kansas was trying to decide wether it should be a slave state or not.Northeners and Southerners were sneaking into Kansas to vote for or against slavery.

  • Freeport Doctrine

    The law wanted to be passed that congress couldn't force slavery into new territories but was new passed.

  • John Brown's Raid

    John was protesting against slaver so him and 20 other men went on a killing spree but was defeated by U.S Marines.