https://padlet.com/led6151/3ypi8fk1tq8ific7 From the early 1800s to the late 1860s, the nation underwent major political divide. However, when asked to narrow it down to 12 distinct events these are the ones that defined the separation of ideals in Congress and in the North and South. These events are what sparked the Civil War and shaped the freedom of African American slaves to the rights that they hold true now in modern society. en-us 2020-05-05 15:46:36 UTC 2025-11-06 10:33:25 UTC hello@padlet.com led6151 https://padlet.com/led6151/3ypi8fk1tq8ific7/wish/552726567 The Missouri Compromise included two key propositions : (1) Missouri would be admitted as a slave state, but (2) a new boundary would be established across the remainder of the Louisiana Territory, preventing the spread of slavery to any other states north of the 36th parallel. This was one of the first of many events that catalyzed the Civil war.]]> 2020-05-05 17:07:26 UTC https://padlet.com/led6151/3ypi8fk1tq8ific7/wish/552726567 led6151 https://padlet.com/led6151/3ypi8fk1tq8ific7/wish/552773243 Although the Missouri Compromise held together the Union, it failed to hold the country together. A Second Great Awakening was underway, and Congress was flooded with anti-slavery letters, showing the clear division of the North and South.]]> 2020-05-05 17:24:07 UTC https://padlet.com/led6151/3ypi8fk1tq8ific7/wish/552773243 led6151 https://padlet.com/led6151/3ypi8fk1tq8ific7/wish/552777234 After Nat Turner's rebellion, slaves continued to revolt by escaping to sympathetic Northerners. Southern slaveholders were outraged, as they saw this as a burglary of their property.]]> 2020-05-05 17:25:42 UTC https://padlet.com/led6151/3ypi8fk1tq8ific7/wish/552777234 led6151 https://padlet.com/led6151/3ypi8fk1tq8ific7/wish/552793682 In 1850, three new states had requested statehood; California, Utah, and New Mexico. A senator from Kentucky, Henry Clay, proposed a new compromise: California would be admitted as a free state, and New Mexico and Utah would decide whether or not they wanted to be slave states or free states.]]> 2020-05-05 17:31:45 UTC https://padlet.com/led6151/3ypi8fk1tq8ific7/wish/552793682 led6151 https://padlet.com/led6151/3ypi8fk1tq8ific7/wish/552800563 Through the outrage of slaveholders in the South, the Fugitive Slave Act was passed. Under this, a person arrested as a runaway slave had almost no legal rights. This outraged Southerners because it depended on an honor system with the North. ]]> 2020-05-05 17:34:11 UTC https://padlet.com/led6151/3ypi8fk1tq8ific7/wish/552800563 led6151 https://padlet.com/led6151/3ypi8fk1tq8ific7/wish/552812954 When this act was passed in 1854, Northerners were outraged because it abolished the Missouri Compromise by allowing settlers to determine whether slavery would be allowed in the new territories.]]> 2020-05-05 17:38:48 UTC https://padlet.com/led6151/3ypi8fk1tq8ific7/wish/552812954 led6151 https://padlet.com/led6151/3ypi8fk1tq8ific7/wish/552821701 As people rushed to Nebraska and Kansas territories to vote for or against slavery, the struggle over slavery soon turned violent. Pro-slavery settlers called "border ruffians" and anti-slavery settlers called "Jay hawkers" constantly attacked members of the opposing ideals, most armed.]]> 2020-05-05 17:42:09 UTC https://padlet.com/led6151/3ypi8fk1tq8ific7/wish/552821701 led6151 https://padlet.com/led6151/3ypi8fk1tq8ific7/wish/552835294 In 1856, Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts game a passionate speech called "The Crime Against Kansas." Two days later, South Caroline representative Preston Brooks attacked Sumner and beat him with his metal-tipped cane until it broke.]]> 2020-05-05 17:47:19 UTC https://padlet.com/led6151/3ypi8fk1tq8ific7/wish/552835294 led6151 https://padlet.com/led6151/3ypi8fk1tq8ific7/wish/552844529 In 1857, the slavery controversy moved from Congress to the Supreme Court, where an African American slave argued that he had acquired freedom by passing through Wisconsin with his owner. The official ruling was that Scott could not sue for his freedom because he was not a citizen, and he was not a free man because the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.]]> 2020-05-05 17:50:59 UTC https://padlet.com/led6151/3ypi8fk1tq8ific7/wish/552844529 led6151 https://padlet.com/led6151/3ypi8fk1tq8ific7/wish/552854825 Lincoln, representing the Republic Party, challenged Stephen Douglas to a debate on the issue of slavery. Lincoln lost the debate, but brought the moral issue of slaver into sharp focus, gaining support from almost all anti-slavery citizens.]]> 2020-05-05 17:54:38 UTC https://padlet.com/led6151/3ypi8fk1tq8ific7/wish/552854825 led6151 https://padlet.com/led6151/3ypi8fk1tq8ific7/wish/552864516 Because Lincoln's opposition in the presidential race was divided three ways, Lincoln was the clear victor in office. It sent the South the clear message that the North was no longer the minority, and the South could no longer shape national events or policies.]]> 2020-05-05 17:58:28 UTC https://padlet.com/led6151/3ypi8fk1tq8ific7/wish/552864516 led6151 https://padlet.com/led6151/3ypi8fk1tq8ific7/wish/552870899 In the weeks following the election, senators formed a committee to search for yet another compromise that might hold the nation together. However, on December 20, 1860, South Carolina seceded from the union, leading six more Southern states in doing the same.]]> 2020-05-05 18:01:03 UTC https://padlet.com/led6151/3ypi8fk1tq8ific7/wish/552870899