https://padlet.com/spencerc1032/2nmipiq87ikf From 1820 to 1861, events including slavery and adding states to the union led to the Civil War. The timeline below shows all the most important events that changed America to what it has become today. The main cause of the Civil War was the different opinions about slavery throughout the new country. en-us 2018-04-02 15:52:59 UTC 2026-03-20 09:01:48 UTC hello@padlet.com spencerc1032 https://padlet.com/spencerc1032/2nmipiq87ikf/wish/247847984 The Missouri Compromise was an admission of 2 new states, Missouri and Maine. Congress could not decide which state to add, they decided to add Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. This maintained the balance of power and Congress slip up the Louisiana purchase at latituide 36º30.
http://www.carolana.com/SC/1800s/antebellum/missouri_compromise.html]]> 2018-04-02 15:59:53 UTC https://padlet.com/spencerc1032/2nmipiq87ikf/wish/247847984 spencerc1032 https://padlet.com/spencerc1032/2nmipiq87ikf/wish/248186732 After the Missouri Compromise was created, Congress was flooded with anti-slavery petitions. Abolitionists wanted to stop slavery but congress had no control over slavery in the states. In 1839, Congress decided to table the issue of baning slavery. This "gag rule" prevented John Quincy Adams's from  sharing his proposal.
http://www.jpost.com/Christian-News/John-Quincy-Adams-Supporting-the-Jewish-homeland-with-the-Bible-in-hand-482375]]> 2018-04-03 16:07:27 UTC https://padlet.com/spencerc1032/2nmipiq87ikf/wish/248186732 spencerc1032 https://padlet.com/spencerc1032/2nmipiq87ikf/wish/248192185 After Nat Turners rebellion, there where no more large scale rebellions. However, that doesn't mean people did not revolt. Individual slaves would run away and escape from slavery. They were often helped to escape from northerners.
https://jmendysse6115.weebly.com/document-h---escape-to-freedom.html]]> 2018-04-03 16:20:08 UTC https://padlet.com/spencerc1032/2nmipiq87ikf/wish/248192185 spencerc1032 https://padlet.com/spencerc1032/2nmipiq87ikf/wish/248195342 After 10 years with the gag rule, President Polk sent a bill asking for funds, and David Wilmot added an amendment to the bill known as the Wilmont Proviso. This amendment stated that there could be no slavery in any area the United States won from Mexico. The south was very upset about this but congress continued to say they could not do anything to stop slavery. In 1846, the bill was rejected by the Senate.
http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/chron/civilwarnotes/wilmot.html]]> 2018-04-03 16:26:34 UTC https://padlet.com/spencerc1032/2nmipiq87ikf/wish/248195342 spencerc1032 https://padlet.com/spencerc1032/2nmipiq87ikf/wish/248200936 In 1849, California applied for Statehood. Because California was a free state, it's admission would unbalance the free and slave states. Northerners welcomed California with open arms while the south crossed their arms. The year ended with the southerners and northerners of congress fighting.
https://sites.google.com/a/apps.hopkinsschools.org/california-parker/]]> 2018-04-03 16:37:44 UTC https://padlet.com/spencerc1032/2nmipiq87ikf/wish/248200936 spencerc1032 https://padlet.com/spencerc1032/2nmipiq87ikf/wish/248205607 Henry Clay, a senator, proposed a solution to end the deadlock on California. The plan pleased both the south and the north, having California be a free state and letting New Mexico and Utah choose. In addition, the agreement ended slave trade in Washington and created a stronger fugitive slave law.
https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Missouri-Compromise/384518 ]]> 2018-04-03 16:48:37 UTC https://padlet.com/spencerc1032/2nmipiq87ikf/wish/248205607 spencerc1032 https://padlet.com/spencerc1032/2nmipiq87ikf/wish/252383611 The fugitive slave act stated that runaway slaves had no rights when arrested and anyone who helped a slave escape could be put in jail. The north disagreed with this act and only 299 slaves were caught in the 1850s.

]]> 2018-04-17 01:18:02 UTC https://padlet.com/spencerc1032/2nmipiq87ikf/wish/252383611 spencerc1032 https://padlet.com/spencerc1032/2nmipiq87ikf/wish/252386109 The Nebraska-Kansas Act of 1854 welcomed two new territories, Nebraska and Kansas to the United States. It also gave settlers in that area to vote on whether to allow slaves. Douglas, the man who created the bill, called this popular sovereignty.
http://historycanvas.pbworks.com/w/page/71250016/The%20Kansas-Nebraska%20Act]]> 2018-04-17 01:32:35 UTC https://padlet.com/spencerc1032/2nmipiq87ikf/wish/252386109 spencerc1032 https://padlet.com/spencerc1032/2nmipiq87ikf/wish/252388000 After the Nebraska-Kansas Act of 1854, settlers poured into Kansas with their opinions on slavery. Violent groups burned down buildings and homes, tossed newspapers in the river, and murdered people with other opinions.
https://www.kanopy.com/product/decade-discord]]> 2018-04-17 01:45:07 UTC https://padlet.com/spencerc1032/2nmipiq87ikf/wish/252388000 spencerc1032 https://padlet.com/spencerc1032/2nmipiq87ikf/wish/252407857 After the Bloodshed in Kansas, Senator Sumner spoke about what he had deeply suspected for a long time, that Senator Douglas had planed to Kansas to be a slave state. Sumner talked bad about Senator Butler of South Carolina. Brooks, Butler's Nephew, beat up Sumner until he was unconscious.
https://soapboxie.com/us-politics/Violence-in-the-US-Congress-Fistfights-on-the-Senate-Floor ]]> 2018-04-17 03:26:00 UTC https://padlet.com/spencerc1032/2nmipiq87ikf/wish/252407857 spencerc1032 https://padlet.com/spencerc1032/2nmipiq87ikf/wish/252408012 In 1857, the fight about slavery moved to the Supreme Court. After a Missouri slave named Dred Scott traveled to Wisconsin with his owner, Scott went back home and fought for his freedom.
https://www.biography.com/people/dred-scott-9477240]]> 2018-04-17 03:26:46 UTC https://padlet.com/spencerc1032/2nmipiq87ikf/wish/252408012 spencerc1032 https://padlet.com/spencerc1032/2nmipiq87ikf/wish/252410276 While Douglas believed there was no reason the U.S. couldn't be half slaves and half free, Abraham Lincoln believed that the U.S. should be all free. The debates between the two candidates were widely reported. Lincoln lost the election.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln–Douglas_debates]]> 2018-04-17 03:43:25 UTC https://padlet.com/spencerc1032/2nmipiq87ikf/wish/252410276 spencerc1032 https://padlet.com/spencerc1032/2nmipiq87ikf/wish/252412337 John Brown, an abolitionist, planed extreme ways to voice his opinion. He launched his raid to end slavery by seizing a military weapons arsenal. By the end, all his men were captured.
http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article33975.html]]> 2018-04-17 03:58:57 UTC https://padlet.com/spencerc1032/2nmipiq87ikf/wish/252412337 spencerc1032 https://padlet.com/spencerc1032/2nmipiq87ikf/wish/252648046 Abraham Lincoln won the election with only 40 percent of the votes, however, congress picked him to be President. The south now feared that congress would now try to abolish slavery.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln]]> 2018-04-17 16:09:41 UTC https://padlet.com/spencerc1032/2nmipiq87ikf/wish/252648046 spencerc1032 https://padlet.com/spencerc1032/2nmipiq87ikf/wish/252654284 The south was planning on seceding from the union. Lincoln declared that there would be no compromise about the subject of slavery.
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