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Compromise of 1850
Senator Henry Clay introduced a series of resolutions on January 29, 1850, the fugitive slave act was amended and the slave trade slave in Washington, D.C., was abolished. -
Fugitive Slave Law
Was passed by the United States congress on September 18, 1850, as a part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slaves-holding interests and Northern Free-soldiers. -
Missouri Compromise
The missouri Compromise created an imbalance between the number of pro/anti slavery states until until the admission of Maine as an anti-slavery state. After becoming a pro-slavery state, it allowed for an imaginary line to be drawn dividing the former Louisiana Territory into pro and anti-slavery divisions. This was ended after the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854.
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Kansas-Nabraska Act
Was passed by the U.S. congress on May 30,1854. It allowed people in the territories if Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. -
Dred Scott Supreme Court decision
The supreme court came to conclusion that Dred Scott was not entailed to his freedom. -
Raid on Harper’s Ferry
Effort by White abolitionist John Brown to initiate a armed slave revolt in 1859 by taking over a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. -
Election of 1860
Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge, Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, and constitution Union candidate John Bell. -
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Abraham lincoln
Was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until he was assassination in April 1865 -
Battle of Antietam
Also known as the battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the South was fought on September 17, 1862. Near Sharpsburg, Maryand. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by the president Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Was fought in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War
