https://padlet.com/aribamirza6721/15djeu75d216 In the 1800's, slavery was causing many problems. Some states were added to the union and some states left the union. Many slaves ran away from their slaveowners and became fugitives. Abraham Lincoln became president in 1860. en-us 2018-04-04 20:33:23 UTC 2025-10-01 15:25:41 UTC hello@padlet.com aribamirza6721 https://padlet.com/aribamirza6721/15djeu75d216/wish/248677734 The Congress agreed to let Maine be admitted as a free state, and Missouri be admitted in the Union as a slave state.]]> 2018-04-04 20:46:26 UTC https://padlet.com/aribamirza6721/15djeu75d216/wish/248677734 aribamirza6721 https://padlet.com/aribamirza6721/15djeu75d216/wish/248677881 After Nat Turner´s inspirational rebellion to run away, many individual slaves decided to run away and escape the rough life of slavery. Northern Abolitionists would often help them along the way. ]]> 2018-04-04 20:46:59 UTC https://padlet.com/aribamirza6721/15djeu75d216/wish/248677881 aribamirza6721 https://padlet.com/aribamirza6721/15djeu75d216/wish/248678040 Slavery was causing many problems to the Congress. Abolitionists were bringing antislavery petitions. After the Congress denied the Abolitionists, they continued to oppose slavery.]]> 2018-04-04 20:47:39 UTC https://padlet.com/aribamirza6721/15djeu75d216/wish/248678040 aribamirza6721 https://padlet.com/aribamirza6721/15djeu75d216/wish/248678393 Since the Congress decided to have the "gag rule" they ignored the slavery abolitionists for a decade. David Wilmot decided to add an amendment to the bill which was to not have slavery in the American states during the Civil War.Many southerners in Congress didn't like it, but it got passed by the Congress, and was denied by the Senate.]]> 2018-04-04 20:49:09 UTC https://padlet.com/aribamirza6721/15djeu75d216/wish/248678393 aribamirza6721 https://padlet.com/aribamirza6721/15djeu75d216/wish/248678447 From all the new land gained from the Mexican Cession, southerners wanted to keep slaves, but the north didn't want to. Southerners had proposed to split America to slavery and non-slavery land, but the Congress denied it. As California was applied to become apart of the union southerners don't like it but northerners were welcome to it. This was because California was a free state, and the south thought it would unbalance the union.]]> 2018-04-04 20:49:27 UTC https://padlet.com/aribamirza6721/15djeu75d216/wish/248678447 aribamirza6721 https://padlet.com/aribamirza6721/15djeu75d216/wish/248680869 To admit California into the union a deal had to be made. The deal was to allow New Mexico and Utah as well in the Union. The Compromise of 1850 was to keep a balance between the number of slave states and the number of free states in the Union. It also Missouri to become a slave state at the same time. Maine had also entered in the union as a free state. With the new states in the union, maintained a balance in free and slave states.]]> 2018-04-04 20:59:17 UTC https://padlet.com/aribamirza6721/15djeu75d216/wish/248680869 aribamirza6721 https://padlet.com/aribamirza6721/15djeu75d216/wish/248680952 The north and the south were not happy with the fugitive slave act. The north didn't like it because they didn't want to enforce the acts. The south felt that it was not guaranteed that they would get their lost property (the slaves) back. ]]> 2018-04-04 20:59:39 UTC https://padlet.com/aribamirza6721/15djeu75d216/wish/248680952 aribamirza6721 https://padlet.com/aribamirza6721/15djeu75d216/wish/248681033 The act as passed by the U.S. Congress, allowing people in the Kansas and Nebraska territory to decide whether or not to allow slavery within the borders. ]]> 2018-04-04 20:59:58 UTC https://padlet.com/aribamirza6721/15djeu75d216/wish/248681033 aribamirza6721 https://padlet.com/aribamirza6721/15djeu75d216/wish/248681215 After the Act was passed, many humble farmers moved there. The struggle of slavery started to turn violent.]]> 2018-04-04 21:00:42 UTC https://padlet.com/aribamirza6721/15djeu75d216/wish/248681215 aribamirza6721 https://padlet.com/aribamirza6721/15djeu75d216/wish/248681296 The senator Charles Sumner from Massachusetts, sent an attack to proslavery forces in the Kansas Area. Preston Brook retaliated against him by beating him up. It took Sumner about three years to completely heal after the violence.]]> 2018-04-04 21:01:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aribamirza6721/15djeu75d216/wish/248681296 aribamirza6721 https://padlet.com/aribamirza6721/15djeu75d216/wish/248681585 The decision was that the african americans were never allowed to be U.S. citizens, and that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional. ]]> 2018-04-04 21:02:20 UTC https://padlet.com/aribamirza6721/15djeu75d216/wish/248681585 aribamirza6721 https://padlet.com/aribamirza6721/15djeu75d216/wish/248681713 Lincoln and Douglas were both running for U.S. Senator in Illinois. During that time, in Illionois slavery was their main issue. Douglas always argued that the Dred-Scott Decision had ended slavery, but Lincoln disagreed. He ended up losing the election ]]> 2018-04-04 21:02:48 UTC https://padlet.com/aribamirza6721/15djeu75d216/wish/248681713 aribamirza6721 https://padlet.com/aribamirza6721/15djeu75d216/wish/248681833 While Lincoln was working hard to stop slavery, John Brown an abolitionist decided he want to get the federal arsenal. Brown wanted to give the weapons from the arsenal to the not free slaves so they could escape and be free.]]> 2018-04-04 21:03:18 UTC https://padlet.com/aribamirza6721/15djeu75d216/wish/248681833 aribamirza6721 https://padlet.com/aribamirza6721/15djeu75d216/wish/248681994 Abraham Lincoln won the election and most people from the North had voted for Lincoln to become president. It was obvious that the south wouldn't vote for Lincoln, because he wasn't even listed on the ballots to vote. ]]> 2018-04-04 21:03:49 UTC https://padlet.com/aribamirza6721/15djeu75d216/wish/248681994 aribamirza6721 https://padlet.com/aribamirza6721/15djeu75d216/wish/248682112 Most southern states seceded from the Union immediately after the election of Lincoln. The South was convinced that President Lincoln was planning to end slavery. The South was also concerned for their way of life if Lincoln ended slavery.]]> 2018-04-04 21:04:16 UTC https://padlet.com/aribamirza6721/15djeu75d216/wish/248682112