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War With Mexico (consequences)
Gave the US lots of territory which they fought over whether or not to make the new states slave states or free states. -
The Underground Railroad
Network of people who helped slaves escape, added to the tension between north and south, and made northerners believe even more in the abolition of slavery. -
Compromise of 1850
Divided Mexican cession into two states, New Mexico and Utah, and let them decide if slavery were to be permitted, further ignited tension between North and South over slavery. -
Fugitive Slave Law
Allowed people to track down escaped slaves in the North and return them to the South, was put into place as a result of the Compromise of 1850, drove a wedge between North who bitterly opposed the law, and the South. -
Pro and Con Literature
Books distributed that argued for or against slavery, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Impending Crisis of the South, infuriated southerners who banned the books and struck back with pro slavery arguments of their own, tension increased between North and South -
Kansas, Nebraska Act
Divided Nebraska territory into two territories, the Nebraska and the Kansas and allowed the settlers in each territory to decide to have slavery, brutal arguments broke out between the North and the South over the expansion of slavery -
Republican Party est.
direct result to the pass of the Kansas-Nebraska act, wanted to stop the spread of slavery, the success of the party alienated and threatened the north -
Bleeding Kansas
Antislavery and pro-slavery groups began to fight violently and territory became known as bleeding Kansas, border ruffians crossed the border to try and push slavery, caused major violence and was one of the first big violent fights to pop up over slavery -
Sumner-Brooks Incident
Northern senator Charles Sumner argued against slavery and verbally attacked the uncle of Preston Brooks, Brooks then beat Sumner with his cane, was another sign of growing passions on both sides -
Dred Scott v Sandford
Ruled against Dred Scott who was living on free land, delighted southerners and enraged northerners -
The Panic of 1857
Prices in the north for farmers dropped sharply and northern unemployment grew, south mainly unaffected so felt that they didn’t need to rely on the North. -
Lecompton Constitution
Pro- slavery constitution submitted by southern legislatures at Lecompton, Rejected because was not supported by congress or majority of Kansas settlers, angered southerners who wanted Kansas to be a slave state -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Debates that helped make Lincoln famous and a leading candidate for president in 1860, south didn’t like him because he supported the stopping of slavery -
John Brown’s Raid
1859, Violently tried to start an uprising at Harper's ferry, was stopped and hung, angered south and made north look bad -
Election of 1860
Lincoln became president and southern states succeeded from union
