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underground railroad
a secret route from "station to station" that led many slaves to the North and eventually to Canada -
Comprimise of 1850
north: California admitted as a free state, texas gave up its claims to lands disputed with new mexico, slave trade in DC was banned but slavery was legal; south: popular sovereignty in mexican cession lands, texas was paid 10 million dollars for land lost, and a new tougher futgitive slave law of 1850
Terms: California to be a free state, stronger fugitive slave law, popular soverignty- residents of territory decide whether to be free or slave, slave trade banned in DC -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
written Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1853 that highly influenced england's view on the American Deep South and slavery..... a novel promoting abolition.. intensified sectional conflict -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
proposed to organize Kansas and Nebraska and move the transcontinental railroad up north -
Dred Scott vs Sandford
Dred Scott was a black slave who had lived with his master for five years in Illinois and Wisconsin territory. He sued for his freedom on the basis of his long residence in free territory. The Dred Scott court decision was handed down by the Supreme Court on, 1857. The Supreme court ruled that Dred Scott was a black slace and not a citizen. Meaning he could not sue in a federal court. -
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
Brown leads a small group on a raid against a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, virginia, in an attempt to start an armed slave revolt and destroy the institution of slavery -
Election of Lincoln
Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United States, beating Democrat Stephen A Douglas, John C Brekinridge of the southern democrats and john bell of the new constitutional union party. he was the first president from the republican party