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Road to Civil War
All of these dates effected history and slowly caused the Civil War to break out. America at this time was at its turning point. -
Wilmont Proviso
David Wilmont proposed a bill to forbid slavery in the newly acquired Mexican Territory.
The bill did not pass. -
Mexican War and Consequences
The Mexican War was going to end badly for Mexico from the start
There were many consequences for them at the end of the war. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
This was one of the Consequences of the Mexican War.
The Rio Grande was set as the new boarder of the U.S. and Mexico
America also won California and New Mexico -
Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a network of people, free blacks, anti-slavery whites, and anyone willing to help and hide slaves that were running from the law.
One very important person to note was Harriet Tubman who helped a lot during this time to free slaves. -
Compromise of 1850
Henry Clay Compromise
- California was to be a free state
- Mexico Cession was to be split into two states: Utah and New Mexico
- Ban the slave TRADE (not slavery)
- Enforce the Slave Fugitive Act
This compromise passed. -
Fugitive Slave Law
Runaway slaves that tried to escape to the North were hunted down and wanted for large sums of money.
Anyone caught helping runaway slaves was to be punished and subjected to harsh penalties. -
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" - Harriet Beecher Stowe
This was an anti-slavery book written in 1852, depicting slave owners as inhumane and cruel monsters. -
"Sociology for the South" - George Fitzhugh
Pro-Slavery book -
"Bleeding Kansas"
A nickname given to the civil fights where Pro-Slavery Missourians fought with Anti-Slavery Kansans -
Republican Party
In Nebraska anti-slavery whigs, free-soldiers, and democrats got together and made the Republican party
Against the spread of Slavery -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Divided Nebraska territory into Kansas and Nebraska territory and allowed the people who lived in Kansas to decide its fate as a state (slave or free). -
Sumner-Brooks Caning
Senator Sumner had harshly attacked Andrew Butler
Butler's nephew Preston Brooks, outraged marched up and beat Sumner with a cane. The North was outraged while the South was celebrating. -
The Panic of 1857
The Economic boom had ended
The North was full of unemployment, prices in the Midwest began to drop for farmers
The South was still booming and put them on an ego pedestal above the rest. -
"Impending Crisis of the South" - Hinton R. Helper
Also and anti-slavery book, but for a different reason. The book says that the use of slaves is bringing down the southern economy. -
"Cannibals All!" - George FItzhugh
Another Pro-Slavery book written by George Fitzhugh -
Lecompton Constitution
President Buchanan wanted Congress to pass the constitution written by Pro-Slavery Southerners, but it was rejected overall and that lead to Kansas being a free-state. -
Dred Scott v. Stanford
Dred Scott was formerly a slave in Missouri, had then moved to the free land in Wisconsin, lived there for two years and then moved back to Missouri. He sued saying he should be free as he was living on free land for two years. The Court decided against him and caused uproar in the north and south. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Douglass - a giant in the government went up against Abraham Lincoln who was a lot less known. Douglas in the end won, but lost overall support for not being more diligent and harsh. Lincoln stirred the minds of the north and became a Republican. -
John Brown's Raid
John Brown and a group of Anti_slavery men went out and stole guns to give to slaves to revolt. It did not go as planned and he was soon caught after two days. The North says he was too violence, while the South says this was the overall plan of the North -
Electon of 1860
Again Douglas and Lincoln are up against each other, but this time Lincoln has all the Norther states under his belt already, so he does not need the popular vote to win. In the end he does win with the electoral voles, even though Douglas wins with popular votes.
