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Missouri Compromise
Henry Clay was one of the people there he skillfully led the forces of compromise, engineering separate votes on the controversial measures. On March 3, 1820, the decisive votes in the House admitted Maine as a free state, Missouri as a slave state. This Event took place because the South and North were fighting if it should be a free state or a slave. The People in Congress made this decision. -
Wilmot Proviso
Wilmot proposed that a american law should be made to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War. This event was one of the reasons to lead to the Civil War. this event took place because Wilmot wanted slavery to be band. -
Zachary Taylor
During the time of his presidency, Zachary Taylor fought against the spread of slavery into the newly acquired Mexican territories and opposed the creation of new slave states. -
Millard Fillmore
During his Presidency, Millard Fillmore focused on encouraging America's expanding economy. He opened markets abroad, and restored diplomatic relations with Mexico and urged trade with Japan. -
Fugitive Slave Act-1850
The Fugitive Save Act was passed in congress on September 18,1850. This Act was happening because the south was taking our free slaves and yes they were taking runaways but also our free men. -
Compromise of 1850
Senator Henry Clay introduced a series of resolutions on January 29, 1850, in an attempt to seek a compromise and avert a crisis between North and South. This act also help with banning slavery. The North also got a new sate California and slave was not aloud in DC. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
There was a man named Stowe and While Stowe did not start the war, Uncle Tom's Cabin did increase the differences between the North and the South. Many Northerners realized how unjust slavery was for the first time. With increasing opposition to slavery, Southern slave owners worked even harder to defend the institution.Uncle Tom's Cabin sold 300,000 copies in the North alone. This paper sold like crazy but then was band . -
Franklin Pierce
During his presidency, settlement was encouraged in the northwest, even as the tensions over the issue of slavery and its extension increased. He signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854 and enraged antislavery northerners which started the idea of the new Republican Party. -
Republican Party-1854
The Republican Party and was founded in the Northern states in 1854 by anti-slavery activists, modernizers, ex Whigs and ex Free Soldiers, the Republican Party quickly became the principal opposition to the dominant Democratic Party. The main goal of this whole party was to get ride of slavery.The first official party convention was held on July 6, 1854 in Jackson, Michigan when this came to a end Abraham Lincoln was elected President. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act-1854
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 (proposed by Stephen A. Douglas) allowed the people that lived in the territory, to decide on whether slaves were allowed there or not. Because of this, there was no boundary line between slave states and many conflicts arose between the pro-slavery and antislavery settlers. -
Sumner Caning-1856
On May 21, 1856 senator Charles Sumner gave a bitter speech in the Senate called the "Crime Against Kansas." He said a lot of bad things and picked on especially one man (Andrew Butler) that shocked and angered a lot of people. Two days after the speech, representative Preston Brooks went into Sumner's office, where he was working and proceeded to strike him with a cane. Sumner suffered many physical and psychological injuries, while Brooks still stayed in the House of Representatives. -
James Buchanan
While he was in office, he tried to maintain peace between the two groups (pro-slavery and anti-slavery) in the government, but the tension only got worse. -
Dred Scott - 1857
Dred Scott was a slave that lived with his owner in a free state before returning to Missouri (a slave state.) He took his owner to court and argued with the Supreme Court that time spent in a free state meant that he should be a free man. But the court said no black (free or slave) could claim US citizenship, and therefore they were unable to petition the court for their freedom. Slaves also were peoples property, and the government to take away the people's life. liberty. and property. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates-1858
The LIncoln-Douglas debates were a series of debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. Lincoln was a Republican candidate and Douglas was a Democratic Party candidate. They campaigned over a seat in the Senate. Although Lincoln lost, these debates later helped him while he ran for president. -
Harper's Ferry
On October 16, 1859, a man named John Brown lead a small group of people to raid a federal armory in Virginia, in an attempt to start a slave revolt and destroy the institution of slavery. Brown and his men got caught, very easily and three days later the soldiers that caught them killed ten of his mean (two of which were his sons.)
