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Missouri Compromise
In 1820 the tensions in the country was increasing. The issue of slavery was tearing the U.S in half. A solution was required so Henry Clay proposed the Missouri Compromise. This compromise established a line that divided the U.S. Any states North of the of this Missouri Compromise line would be free states, and the ones South of this would be slave states.The desired effect was that it would calm the U.S down, but instead it has the opposite effect. -
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Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise became unconstitutional after it was repealed by the Kansas Nebraska act. -
The Wilmot Proviso
The Wilmot Proviso was a proposal in 1846 that stated any land that was acquired from the Mexican-American War would ban slavery. It was unsuccessful because it never was able to pass through the congress. Even though t was unsuccessful, the Wilmot Proviso fueled the Civil war, and made the South a lot more cautious of the Government. -
The Fugitive slave act
The fugitive slave act was an act proposed by Henry Clay in the Compromise of 1850. This act said that a southerner could come to the North, and recapture slaves that escaped from them. These escaped slaves had no right to a trial, and couldn't testify for themselves. The government, and the people in the North had to help capture these slaves. This act angered the North, and the Nation was once again, a bomb about to go off. -
The Compromise of 1850
By now, the U.S in on the brink of war, and tensions are very high. Henry Clay proposed another Compromise because the Missouri Compromise was failing. This compromise would admit California into the Union as a free state to please the North. To please the South, there would be a fugitive slave act. This Compromise did not work at all. The Fugitive slave act was very controversial, and it angered the North. This Compromise made things a lot worse. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin is a Novel published by a very determined Woman named Harriet Beacher Stowe. She is the daughter of an abolitionist minister. She was greatly impacted by the fugitive slave act, and wanted to spread the word of slavery. This book is about the life of a slave. This book became a number one seller in the North, and it shocked people who were not concerned with slaver at first. The South said it was propaganda, but Stowe wanted to spread the word and she did that very effectively. -
Kansas Nebraska act/ Bleeding Kansas
Senator Stephen Douglas wanted to create new territories in the west, so he created the Kansas, and Nebraska territories. The South objected these territories, because they were above the Missouri compromise line. to compensate for this, The decision of slavery in these territories was to be determined by popular sovereignty. This Repealed the Missouri Compromise, because these territories are above the Missouri Compromise line, but weren't free states. -
Kansas Nebraska act/ Bleeding Kansas part 2
Many Whites from both sides of the slavery issue came to Kansas to win majority of the vote for slavery. Slavery was voted into Kansas. A lot of violence of violence occurred in Kansas as an effect of the decision hence the term Bleeding Kansas. This territory became a battleground for the issue of slavery. -
Dred Scott case
Dred Scott was a slave who wanted to sue for his freedom. His master, Sanford, was a surgeon in the military. During his time in the military Sanford was accompanied by his slave Dred Scott. They lived in two places where slavery was illegal, and Dred Scott thought he could sue for his freedom. -
Dred Scott case part 2
But Dred Scott lost the case when Chief justice Roger B. Taney said that the government can’t ban slavery in any area. Chief justice Roger B. Taney also said that all men have the right to property, but he was referring to Sanford, and that the slave was his property. This really shocked the North, because this made the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional. The South rejoiced because this meant that they could have slavery in any area. -
Lincoln Douglas debates
These debates are one of the most famous that ever occurred in the U.S. These debates were in the election for Senate between republican Abraham Lincoln, and democrat Stephen Douglas. The debates were based on slavery. Lincoln believed that slavery should be banned everywhere, while Douglas believed in the idea of popular sovereignty. These debates were published and while Lincoln lost the election, he made himself known as a national figure. -
John Brown's Raid
In 1859, Abolitionist john brown led a revolt in Harpers ferry, Virginia. John brown took over of some guns and weapons. John and his followers hoped to start a slave revolt but were captured. John Brown was sentenced to death and was killed on December 2 1959. This raid was a major component for the starting of the Civil War. -
Lincoln's election of 1860
This election was a significant one. It would either make or break the U.S. This election was between republican Abraham Lincoln, Northern Democrat Stephen Douglas, Southern Democrat John Breckindrige, and Constitutional Union party candidate John Bell. In the end Lincoln won the election despite having only a 40% popular vote, he won because he easily won the electoral college votes. This election was the one that scared the South, and not much after the election the south seceded. -
Southern Secession
Before the Civil War, both the North and South were in constant disagreements over slavery and the election of 1860. The south's solution to the problems were seceding from the union and forming their own country called the confederacy. The first state to have left the union was South Carolina followed by Mississippi and later, many other states leaving. Once the confederacy formed, they elected senator Jefferson Davis as their president. -
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Southern Secession
by the end, 11 southern states seceded, and formed the Confederacy. The first of these to secede was South Carolina who seceded on December 20 1860, and the others followed.
