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THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE
It is an aggreement made to keep the balence of slave and free states equal. Missouri was added as a slave state and Maine was added as a free state in 1821. -
THE COMPROMISE OF 1850
Slavery becomes outlawed in Washington D.C., California is admitted as a free state, and Utah and New mexico will determine whether slavery is allowed through popular sovereignty. Also, the Fugitive Slave Law is passed. -
FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW
This gave slavery a legal protection by the federal government; it became a federal crime to help runaway slaves, and escaped slaves could still be arrested even in a free state. It created problems in the government because this was a pro-slavery act and it was a violation of basic American rights -
UNCLE TOM´S CABIN
A novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852, which portrayed slavery as brutal and immoral -
KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT
It created Nebraska and Kansas as states and gave the people in those territories the right to chose to be free or slave states through popular sovereignty -
POTTAWATOMIE CREEK KILLINGS
In reaction to the sacking of Lawrence by pro-slavery forces, John Brown and a band of abolitionist settlers north of Pottawatomie Creek in Franklin County, Kansas. -
DRED SCOTT DECISION
A Missouri slave sued for his freedom, claiming that his four year stay in the northern portion of the Louisiana Territory made free land by the Missouri Compromise had made him a free man. The U.S., Supreme Court decided he couldn´t sue in federal court because he was property, not a citizen -
LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE
Lincoln forced Douglas to debate issue of slavery, Douglas supported pop-sovereignty, Lincoln asserted that slavery should not spread to territories, Lincoln emerged as strong Republican candidate. -
RAID ON HARPER´S FERRY
In 1859, a small group of men attacked the small town of Harper's Ferry in Virginia. They were intent on seizing weapons to give to slaves to start a rebellion. The group gained control of the arms but were surrounded by General Lee's men. 10 of the men were killed and the leader, John Brown, was captured and tried for treason. He was sentenced to death. The North viewed him as a martyr and rang the bells for him. The South viewed him as a terrorist and was outraged with the North. -
ELECTION OF 1860
The election of the president of the United States 1860. Lincoln won the election, and had more electoral votes and more popular votes than any candidate. Since the race had four main candidates, it allowed Lincoln to get more electoral votes than he would otherwise. Lincoln's views on slavery at the time of the election were considered moderate. His platform did not include abolition of slavery, but did not want slavery to extend into the territories.