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Crucial Decade
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Crompromise of 1850
Compromise that addmitted California as a free state, made the Fugitive Slave Act more strict, banned the slave trade in D.C., and introduced popular sovereignity in New Mexico and Utah. -
Millard Fillmore
Millard Fillmore becomes President -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This novel, by Harriet Beecher Stove, made slaveowners seem cruel and evil. It is about a slave, Tom, and his cruel master. This book brought attention in the North about slavery. -
Election of 1852
Whig: Winfield Scott
Democrat: Franklin Pierce (winner) -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Started up by Stephen Douglas, this act decided that the Nebraska territory would divide into the Kansas and Nebraska territories, and popular sovereignty would decide whether there was to be slavery there or not. This caused "bleeding Kansas" -
Lincoln's Speech on Kansas-Nebraska Act
Lincoln speaks about the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the possible expanision of slavery in the new territories. -
Bleeding Kansas
An ongoing violence that erupted in Kansas as a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Pro and Anti-slavery advocates migrated to Kansas to pull the vote in their favor, and the tension resulted in many deaths (Sacking of Lawrence, Pattawatomie Creek) -
Election of 1856
Republican: John C. Fremont
Know-nothing: Millard Fillmore
Democrat: James Buchanan (winner) -
Dred Scott Vs. Sandford
Slave, Dred Scott, claimed that his extended period of time in a free state made him a freedman. Chief Justice Roger Taney- Southern Democrat- made final decision:
1.Dred Scott could not sue in the first place because an African-American is not a US citizen
2.Congress can not take away property from anyone without due process of law, and because slaves were property, Congress could not restrict slavery in any federal territory
3. Declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Lincoln asserted that he was not an abolitionist, but wanted to contain slavery (seeing it as an evil). Although Lincoln lost, he gained fame that ultimately became a candidate for election of 1860. -
Lincoln's "House Divided Speech"
Lincoln gave a speech stating that the United States can't survive as half free-half slave. -
John Brown's Raid at Harpers Ferry
John Brown attempted to start a slave uprising in Virginia. He wanted to seize weapons at Harpers Ferry and cause a rebellion. However, it failed. -
Address at Cooper Institute
Lincoln gives another speech at the Cooper Institute in New York -
Election of 1860
Republican- Abraham Lincoln (winner)
Democrat- Stephen Douglas
Lincoln winning was the final straw for the South, as South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union following his election. -
Secession
South Carolina was the first to secede, as a result of Lincoln's election. Many other southern states followed. -
Crittended Compromise
A compromise that would have guaranteed slavery below the 36-30 line. Lincoln did not support this, and it was not passed. -
Lincoln's First inaugural Address
In Lincoln's First Inaugural Adress he makes it known that he will not instigate a war with the South, he will only defend the North.