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Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a system of routes and safe places in the North that slaves used to escape to Canada. Members of the Underground Railroad used a secret code with basis in Christian symbolism (Moses), and railroad language(passengers). It ended with the passing of the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise is about whether Missouri should be a free or slave state.The south wanted Missouri to be a slave , giving them more power in the Senate, and the north wanted Missouri for the same reason. When the compromise was done, Missouri entered the Union as a slave state, while at the same time, Maine joined as a free state. The Louisiana Purchase Territory was split along the 36’30’ line. Any territory would enter the Union free if they were above the line, and enter as slave if -
Missouri Compromise pt. 2
they were below. On March 3, 1820, Congress passed it, http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-passes-the-missouri-compromise -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner’s Rebellion was a rebellion started by slave Nat Turner. Nat Turner gathered 60-70 other slaves, and on August 22, 1831, started a rebellion in South Ampton, that ended in failure on August 23. Virginia sent 3,000 troops to quell the rebellion. They captured Turner. Nat was tried, found guilty, and then executed by hanging. While Turner was waiting to be hung, lawyer Thomas Grey visited Nat Turner. Nat supposedly said that he had na cause to do what he did, although this is dispute -
Harriet Tubman
Harriet was an important abolitionist on the Underground Railroad. She was a runaway slave who ran away in 1849. She returned to the South 19 times to rescue over 300 slaves. After the Thirteenth Amendment passed, she fought for African-American and women’s rights until her death in March of 1913. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a compromise to keep the Union together. The South got the Fugitive Slave Act, which made it easier for runaway slaves to be returned, and also inadvertently allowed blacks born free to be enslaved. The North got California as a free state, and slavery became illegal in Washington D.C. It was introduced on January 29, 1850. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
The Kansas Nebraska Act was in act in which Stephen Douglass used to make Kansas and Nebraska states so that the Trans-Continental could be built through Chicago. He wanted to become president, so he tried to get the South’s votes by making it so that Kansas and Nebraska COULD become slave states. While the North did not like this, it was passed through Congress and signed into law by Franklin Pierce in 1854. -
Dred Scott case pt. 2
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Dred Scott case
The Dred Scott Case was a case that was an attempt by slave Dred Scott to free himself via court. He went sue for his freedom in 1845 after his master died, and the case lasted 11 years, making it all the way to the Supreme Court. Scott argued that because he had been on free soil, that he was free. The Supreme Court ruled against Dred, arguing that because Scott was a slave, he could not sue in court, also ruled that no black could sue in court, because they weren't citzens. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas was started when Lawrence, Kansas was attacked by pro-slavery settlers on May 21, 1856. John Brown, an abolitionist, retaliated by attacking Pottawatomie Creek.This set of a chain of raids that lasted throughout that summer. Congressman Charles Sumner gave a speech against the violence in Kansas, and berated Senator Andrew Butler. Butler’s nephew, a member of the House of Representatives, Preston Brooks retaliated by beating Sumner with a cane. Sumner was never completely health -
Election of 1860
The Presidential Election of 1860 was very much a sectional election in America. It was two elections, Abraham Lincoln and and Stephen Douglas in the North, and between John C. Breckinridge and John Bell in the South. None of these presidential nominees were explicitly against slavery, though Lincoln didn’t like it. Lincoln won the electoral vote by a landslide, without a single Southern vote. The South didn’t like this at all.South Carolina seceded first. -
Election of 1860 2
By time Lincoln had been in office a month, six more states seceded, and had made the Confederate States of America.
War was inevitable
