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Underground Railroad
The underground railroad was made up of secret routes and safe houses that led run away slaves to freedom in the 19th centrury. Some of the people that help with the underground railroad was Harriet Tubman. -
Abolitionist (William Lloyd Garrison)
William Lloyd was a white abolitionist and is known as the editor of the abolitionist newspaper the liberator. -
Missouri Compromise
Date The reading Missouri Compromise is ABOUT how the territory of Missouri wanting to become a part of United States, and some of the new laws that fallowed because of Missouri joining statehood.
The main Points are Problems arrived when they needed to make the choice wealth or not it should become a slave state or be free from slavery. To make things balanced they decided to do a two-part compromise. For example, Missouri got to join the union as a slave state and Maine join as a free state. -
2 Missouri Compromise
One way they choose weather a state was free or slaved was the law of 36’30’ north latitude would be free. Also this help the Senate to keep the balance of slaved and free state representation—12 of each.
The Compromise was good for the country by keeping everything balanced, but that doesn’t mean it kept people truly happy. People from the north weren’t too happy with the idea of another slave state, but they were happy with the idea that Maine give them more land. The south wasn’t thr -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
A group of slaves led by Nat Turner killed 60 plantation owners and their families. The response to the rebellion end with 3,000 troops after Nat Turner and his followers. Due to the rebelling whites were scared so they attacked some slaves that weren't even in rebellion. In end, Nat Turner was found guilty and was hung. -
Compromise of 1850
In September 1850, five bills were passed that said whether a state was free from slavery or was a slave state thanks to the 30’ 36’ line. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas is the summer of 1856 full of violence. Like john brown and his followers when they attacked and killed 5 men in Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas -
Kansas Nebraska Act
The Kansas Nebraska was an act that took the 30’ 36’ away. The act was written by Steven Douglas. This act was the cause of Bleeding Kansas. -
The raid on Harper’s ferry
Was an attempt by the white abolitionist John Brown to start to armed slaves in hopes to start them to rise against their owners, and others who supported slavery, but they failed. October 16, 1859 -
Dred Scott Case
The Dred Scott Case was when a slave name Steven Douglas fought for his freedom because he was living in a free state, but sadly he didn't get his freedom because Blacks weren't citizen and will never be. -
Presidential Election of 1860
On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas and John Breckinridge ran for president, and Abraham Lincoln was the one who won with all northern votes
