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Sound Smart: The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 | History

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What Was the Missouri Compromise? | History

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After the election of 1860, in which Abraham Lincoln was elected as President, the southerners were now in the minority and had no power to shape national events or policies and  feared that the Congress would abolish slavery. The south seceded from the Union and these states joined together as the Confederate States of America. The South seceding from the Union unfolded the start of the civil war between the North and South.

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11. Abraham Lincoln is Elected as President

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11. Abraham Lincoln is Elected as President

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Lincoln won the Presidential Election of 1860 with just 40% of the votes, all of them cast in the North and in 10 Southern states he wasn’t even on the ballot. Lincoln's evolving views on slavery and race allowed the Union to morph and change as the war unfolded.

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The Lincoln-Douglas debates were a series of debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas concerning the issue of slavery extension in the territories. Though Douglas defeated Lincoln at the ballot box, Lincoln left a lasting impression on the north, where support for abolition was gaining momentum.

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The Dred-Scott case was a decade long fight for freedom by a black slave named Dred Scott. The court ruled that Scott had no right to sue his owner, because, as an African American slave, he was not, nor could be a U.S. citizen. This decision outraged Abolitionists because they viewed this decision as a way to stop debate over slavery between the North and South.

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The Caning of Charles Sumner happened in Congress in 1856  when Preston Brooks, a pro-slavery Democrat used a cane to attack and nearly killed Charles Sumner, and Abolitionist Republican in response for a speech given by Sumner. Northerners viewed this attack as another example of the brutality of pro-slavery southerners and southerners viewed this attack as something to be celebrated about.

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Bloodshed in Kansas was a battle that took place in Kansas between pro-slavery forced and anti-slavery forces. In response to the Nebraska-Kansas act of 1954, thousands of Northerners and Southerners came to the Kansas Territory.

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The Nebraska-Kansas Act of 1854 allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery in their territory. This act repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery north of latitude 36°30´, and created a new political party, the Republican Party.

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The Fugitive Slave Act required slaves to be returned to their owners even if they were in a free state, and made the federal government responsible for finding and returning slaves. However, both the North and South weren't pleased with this because Northerners thought it was unjust to jail those who helped slaves escape, and Southerners thought that the act did not ensure the return of their  escaped property.

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The Compromise of 1850 were bills passed by the Congress that reduced the political arguments between the North and the South. The bills passed benefited both the North and the South. The Compromise of 1850 allowed California to become a free state, which pleased the North, and allowed Utah and New Mexico territories to decide whether to allow slavery without any restrictions, which please the South. However, human beings would no longer be bought and sold in the nation's capital and the compromise passed the fugitive slave act so that owners could find and reclaim slaves.

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Fugitive slaves were slaves who ran away from their masters in seek of freedom even though it would put them in risk of danger. Many slave owners felt that losing their slaves were like losing their land because their slaves did labor for them and demanded Congress to stop their slaves from disappearing.

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After the Missouri Compromise of 1820, slavery was set aside for a  while until a social movement called The Second Great Awakening began to push Northerners to oppose slavery even more. Leaders of the religious revival began to advocate that God would bless those who do the Lord's work and for many Americans, abolishing slavery was considered as the Lord's work.

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The purpose of the Missouri Compromise of 1820 was to keep the number of slave states and the number of free states equal. The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 which allowed Missouri to become a  slave state and Maine as a free state.  Missouri Compromise of 1820 prohibited slavery north of latitude 36°30´.