https://padlet.com/hongd2788/5zuu80nuxh9yannc This is the timeline of all the events that let to the start of the Civil War. The Civil War was a bloody and terrible war caused by the discussion of abolishing slavery. Southerners and Northerners battled, as Northerners claimed slavery should be terminated, while Southerners wanted to continue it. en-us 2020-05-05 20:28:38 UTC 2020-05-07 20:15:27 UTC hello@padlet.com hongd2788 https://padlet.com/hongd2788/5zuu80nuxh9yannc/wish/553215466 The Missouri Compromise was a deal made to settle the topic of adding Missouri as either a slave state or a free state. Missouri would be added as a slave state, but it would prevent the spread of slavery to other states north of the 36th parallel.

]]> 2020-05-05 20:36:53 UTC https://padlet.com/hongd2788/5zuu80nuxh9yannc/wish/553215466 hongd2788 https://padlet.com/hongd2788/5zuu80nuxh9yannc/wish/553227833 While the Northerners allowed the Missouri Compromise, they wanted to completely abolish slavey. Southerners stopped all conversation about abolition of slavery, causing the Northerners to say they were being silenced by the "Gag Rule".  A rebellion led by slave Nat Turner occurred in 1831, which led to the death of 51 Southerners. Slavery was not talked about for 10 years afterwards.]]> 2020-05-05 20:44:17 UTC https://padlet.com/hongd2788/5zuu80nuxh9yannc/wish/553227833 hongd2788 https://padlet.com/hongd2788/5zuu80nuxh9yannc/wish/553257927 Fugitive Slaves were slaves that ran away from their homeowners. Northerners extolled them running away as they saw slaves as humans, while Southerners saw them as property.]]> 2020-05-05 21:02:17 UTC https://padlet.com/hongd2788/5zuu80nuxh9yannc/wish/553257927 hongd2788 https://padlet.com/hongd2788/5zuu80nuxh9yannc/wish/553264917 A compromise was made in order to keep the peace of Northerners and Southerners which included these terms:
#1 - California would be admitted as a free state. 
#2 - New Mexico and Utah would be allowed to vote for themselves.
#3 - Slave markets would be banned in Washington, D.C.
#4 - The Fugitive Slave Act would be implemented.

]]> 2020-05-05 21:06:32 UTC https://padlet.com/hongd2788/5zuu80nuxh9yannc/wish/553264917 hongd2788 https://padlet.com/hongd2788/5zuu80nuxh9yannc/wish/553271201 The Fugitive Slave Act required that Northerners participate in the capture of suspected runaway slaves. The Southerners encouraged the act as they thought of slaves as property. Some Northerners helped the slaves escape.]]> 2020-05-05 21:10:22 UTC https://padlet.com/hongd2788/5zuu80nuxh9yannc/wish/553271201 hongd2788 https://padlet.com/hongd2788/5zuu80nuxh9yannc/wish/553281010 Stephen Douglas proposed to make Nebraska and Kansas states because he argued that Kansas and Nebraska should get the right to vote for themselves over the issue of slavery.]]> 2020-05-05 21:16:38 UTC https://padlet.com/hongd2788/5zuu80nuxh9yannc/wish/553281010 hongd2788 https://padlet.com/hongd2788/5zuu80nuxh9yannc/wish/553285768 Kansas was very dangerous for a time being as many acts of violence were commited. Pro-slavery “border ruffians” attacked abolitionists in Kansas. On the other hand, Jayhawking abolitionists attempted to assault pro-slavery families.]]> 2020-05-05 21:19:38 UTC https://padlet.com/hongd2788/5zuu80nuxh9yannc/wish/553285768 hongd2788 https://padlet.com/hongd2788/5zuu80nuxh9yannc/wish/558390660 The acts of violence caused great disturbance to a Massachusetts Senator, Charles Summer. He called out many Southern Senators, convinced they were secretly working to make Kansas a pro slavery state. One Senator's nephew later attacked Charles Summer.]]> 2020-05-07 19:41:14 UTC https://padlet.com/hongd2788/5zuu80nuxh9yannc/wish/558390660 hongd2788 https://padlet.com/hongd2788/5zuu80nuxh9yannc/wish/558405881 The court ruled that Dred Scott could not be a free man even though he stayed in Wisconsin because the Missouri compromise was unconstitutional. He could also not sue his owner because he was not, nor could be, a U.S. citizen.]]> 2020-05-07 19:48:57 UTC https://padlet.com/hongd2788/5zuu80nuxh9yannc/wish/558405881 hongd2788 https://padlet.com/hongd2788/5zuu80nuxh9yannc/wish/558411209 Abraham Lincoln challenged Stephen A. Douglas for one of the states Senate seat. Lincoln forced Douglas to talk openly in the public about his stance on slavery. Douglas beat Lincoln, but Lincoln left a lasting impression on the north, where abolition was gaining support.

]]> 2020-05-07 19:51:22 UTC https://padlet.com/hongd2788/5zuu80nuxh9yannc/wish/558411209 hongd2788 https://padlet.com/hongd2788/5zuu80nuxh9yannc/wish/558423426 The democratic party was split in the votes, but all of the republican party in favor of voting for Lincoln.]]> 2020-05-07 19:57:33 UTC https://padlet.com/hongd2788/5zuu80nuxh9yannc/wish/558423426 hongd2788 https://padlet.com/hongd2788/5zuu80nuxh9yannc/wish/558426545 The south had no power to shape politics anymore and was in minority. Fearing that congress would abolish slavery, states in the south made a decision to secede from the Union.]]> 2020-05-07 19:58:42 UTC https://padlet.com/hongd2788/5zuu80nuxh9yannc/wish/558426545