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Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo/Mexican Cession 1848

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Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo/Mexican Cession 1848

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After the Mexican War, this treaty was signed and gave California and the New mexico territories to the US. This promoted sectionalism because there was arguement whether or not these states would become slave states or not

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Political party founded to stop the expansion of slavery into the western states. Since they opposed slavery spreading, they had many oppositions which promoted sectionalism

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In 1848 Zachary Taylor was elected, and both sides favored him as he didn't publicly state some of his political ideals, although he ended up aligning with the Whigs, which angered the south.

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Millard Fillmore, was the president at the time and signed the compromise of 1850, which established California as a free state, banned slave trade in the capital, and created the fugitive slave act.

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Act passed that required a slave to be returned back to their owner in the south, even if they had found freedom in the north.

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Published by Harriet Beecher Stowe, it brought light to injustices of slavery. It led for others to publish and speak more on antislavery, and started the movement to abolish it.

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In 1852 Franklin Pierce was nominated to run for president in the democratic party, was pro-slavery. He gained a lot of southern support for supporting the fugitive slave act

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In 1854 the Kansas Nebraska act was passed, allowing the states to become either free or slave state by popular sovereignty, which eventually led to Bleeding Kansas.

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After the free soil party and the Whigs failed at stopping slavery expansion, the republican party rose and took over, trying to stop slavery from expanding to the west.

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After popular sovereignty was passed in Kansas, pro slavery and anti slavery people moved to the state in a attempt to win it over. This sparked fighting between the two groups of people, some believed this was the true start of the civil war. Kansas eventually became a free state

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After Senator Sumner was speaking on the Bleeding Kansas issue, he named two representatives who he blamed for the issue of what happened. One of these representatives entered the Senate and attacked Sumner with his cane.

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James Buchanan was elected president in 1856. While he supported northerners ideals, he tried to find a compromise between the two halves and failed, increasing sectionalism

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Dred Scott sued for his freedom since he was being enslaved in a free state. The congress ruled against him and stated that slaves are not American citizens.

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Pro slavery people in kansas published this idea for a constitution, saying that slavery would be permitted and only white males could vote. It was rejected, only worsening the bleeding Kansas issue.

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A abolitionist named John Brown started a revolt of slaves to attack the us arms building and get weapons, but faiied. Called the Prelude to the Civil War.

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He was the first member of the republican party to be elected. Many people did not know who he was or didn't want him, so several of the southern slave states seceded from the US and tried to start the confederate states of america.

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South Carolina was the first state to secede from the union after Lincolns election, leading other states to do so too.

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An attempt to put slavery in the constitution, making it unable to be abolished, which failed.