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Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was a bill that was passed to help keep the balance between slave states and free states. Henry Clay devised a plan that would let Missouri join the Union as a slave state and Maine would join as a free state. Maine came into the Union in 1820 and Missouri came into the Union is 1821. This compromise brought a temporary ease in the debate agiainst slavery. -
Nat Turners Rebelion
Nat Turner, an enslaved person, saw an eclipse one night in 1831 and took it as a sign of God commanding him to kill his enemies. Nat Turner and six other men killed his slaveholders and then went to other famrs killing other slaveholders. They got caught and a messy trial was held. After the trail, the men were later executed, but the rebellion left the slaveholders in fear of another uprising. -
Wilmont Proviso
The Wilmont Proviso was a proposal made by David Wilmont and it caused Southerners to protest. The proposal would ban slavery in all lands gained from Mexico. The reason behind the Southerners protests was that they believed any antislavery law in foriegn lands endangered slavery everywhere. In respsonse to this proposal, Southern Senetor, John Calhoun, countered with another proposal. Both proposals were not passed but caused great debate. It also led up to the Compromise of 1850. -
Compromise of 1850
These parts were that California would enter as a free state and the other territories would have no limits on slavery, Washington D.C would not permit slave trade, and a stronger fugitive slave law. Senator Calhoun opposed this plan and a heated debate broke out in Congress. Senator Douglass ended the crisis by dividing Clay's plan into seperate parts that could be voted on seperatley. Once that went through Congress, five bills were passed and they became known as the Compromise of 1850. -
Compromise of 1850
When California wanted to enter the Union as a free state, the Senate would become unbalanced, plus Southerners wanted a strong, national law that would require runaway slaves to be returned to their owners. This situation caused Southerners to talk about secesion. In 1850, Henry Clay began to devise a compromise that would solve this problem. His compromise constited of some different parts. These parts were that California would enter as a free state and the other territories would have no -
Fugitive Slave Act
During the Compromise of 1850, Senator Henry Clay was able to persuade Congress into passing the Fugitive Slave Act. The Act required all citizens to return runawy slaves. The soul purpose of the law was to make the Northerners acknowledge the Southerners rights, but the law did the exact opposite and it convinced Northerners of the evils in slavery. After the Act was past, Southerners took extra measures in catching runaway slaves, but the Northerners were resisting the law despite... -
Fugitive Slave Act
After the Act was past, Southerners took extra measures in catching runaway slaves, but the Northerners were resisting the law despite the consequences. Northern juries refused to convict violators of the act and The Underground Railroad was formed. The Railroad is a system of networks where African Americans and whites helped runaways escape. -
Kanas Nebraska Act- "Bleeding Kansas"
Stephen A. Douglass introduced a billl to Congress that would organize the region west of Missouri and Iowa as Kansas and Nebraska. Kansas and Nebraska seemed likely to become free states because they both lay on the North side of the line set in the Missouri Compromis as the limit of slavery. Becasue
Douglass knew Southerners would protest to allowing two free states in the Union, he proposed abandoning the Missouri Compromise and letting each region vote on permitting slavery. -
Kansas Nebraska Act- "Bleeding Kansas"
With some support the bill was passed as the Kansas Nebraska Act. Once the Act was passed, many people rushed into Kansas, both slavery and anti slavery groups. Kansas soon passed slavery laws and antislavery group refused to accept these laws. Both sides armed them selves and figthing broke out. Slavery supporters attacked antislavery settlements and vis versa. This fighting became known as Bleeding Kansas. This fued reaveled the tension between the North and the South. -
Dred Scott Case
The verdict was that Scott was still an enslaved person becasue he had no rights, therefore he could not bring a case to court. Judge Taney wrote that living in free teritory did not make him free. The decision split the nation further apart rather than resolving the issue. -
The Dredd-Scott Case
Dred Scott was an enslaved African American that was owned by a doctor. They lived in Missouri, then moved to free territorries where slavery was banned. When the doctor died, the family moved back to Missouri. In 1846, Scott sued for his freedom with the help of antislavery lawyers. He argued that he should be free becasue he once lived in free teritory. The case reached Supreme Court after 11 years. The verdict was that Scott was still an enslaved person becasue he had no rights, therefore he -
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
Abolitionist, John Brown, led a raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia which left Southerners more fearful of republicans. Brown was aiming for an arsenal, so he could arm African Americans in order to rise up. Federal troops and local citizens defeated the raid and convicted Brown. His sentence was death. Browns death angered many of the abolistionists and some Northerners. Once the South knew about him being an abolitionist, a conspiricy against them seemed ineveitable. -
Lincolns Election
Abraham Lincoln was nominated as a candidate by the Republicans. The Republicans argued that slavery should stay where it is but it should not be involved in the territories. Lincoln's main concern was to preserve the Union. Southerners did not trust the Republicans.
