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Underground Railroad
A setup of routes going from the south, heading north to Canada. This was to take inslaved persons from the South, and stache them and hide them from the Fugitive Slave act, which required all slaves to be returned. This made the south very angry. -
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Mexican American War
Mexican-American War Wiki PageThis was a war between the Americans, and the Mexicans over disputed territories in the West. America won the war and it ended with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. We gained California, New Mexico, Arizona, and parts of Nevada. This sparked an arguement over whether new states would be slave or free. -
Wilmot Proviso
Wilmot Proviso Wiki pageIt was a law that they tried to pass that would make slavery illegal in all territories gained from Mexico. This was a major event leading to the Civil War, because the South wanted more slave states. It ended in 1850, with the Compromise of 1850. -
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Free Soil Party
Free Soil PartyThis was a party that opposed slavery in new states for the purpose of allowing more jobs to go to white men that moved out to the new territories. This just put another group out there that was against slavery, which made the south angrier. -
Compromise of 1850
Compromise of 1850 Wiki PageA set of 5 bills passed to settle some conflict with Slave States. Henry Clay wrote it to end the threat of war and secession for four years. This effect on the Civil War just delayed it from happening, and made tensions a little bit higher after. -
Fugitive Slave Act
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850A act that required all runaway slaves to be returned to where they came from. This scared the jeepers out of the North because this seemed to be making slave states that much more powerful. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin Wiki PageA novel that was written to realistically depict slavery, with Uncle Tom being the main character that is a long time slave. Helped with the abolitionist movement. It was linked to the civil war by getting more abolitionists. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding KansasA bunch of brawls in and around Kansas over whether it should be a free or slave state. This lead to the Civil War because this set up the Kansas-Nebraska which nullified the Missouri Act -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Kansas-Nebraska ActThis made Kansas and Nebraska territories, and repealed the Missouri Compromise. This caused problems in the North, because these states could either be free or slave, and there was no way to regulate it. -
Ostend Manifesto
Ostend Manifesto Wiki PageThis was a document that suggested we should buy Cuba from Spain, and if they refused we should start a war with Spain. This was a sort of backlash to the Monroe Doctrine and Manifest Destiny just by changing our foreign policies. It suggested we use force to take Cuba. The South wanted Cuba to be a slave state. -
The Caning of Charles Sumner
Charles SumnerCharles Sumner got beat on the Senate floor by Preston Brooks. Sumner called slave owners pimps, and Preston, a representative from South Carolina took it offensive and beat him with a cane. After three years of medical treatment he came back to the Senate during the Civil War. He also helped keep Britain and France out. -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott DecisionA ruling stating that slaves, or decendants of slaves are not protected by the Constitution. They hoped to settle the problem of slavery with this, but this really just made it worse. -
John Brown's Raid
John Brown's RaidAn attempt by John Brown to start an armed slave revolt. The raid was defeated by Robert E. Lee, and a group of marines. He originally asked Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass to help because he met them earlier. This was one of the first physical disputes over slavery.
