https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6 Americans tried to keep the United States united despite their deep divisions over slavery. Some events during this period kept the nation together, while others pulled it apart. This eventually, lead to Civil War in The United States of America. en-us 2020-05-05 16:19:46 UTC 2026-02-23 19:40:55 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1fa-1f1f2.png bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/552896708 Ending the disagreement for Missouri statehood, Henry Clay of Kentucky proposed  the Missouri Compromise of 1820 that stated that Missouri would be admitted as a slave state; but, a new boundary would be established across the remainder of the Louisiana Territory.]]> 2020-05-05 18:11:25 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/552896708 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/552934792 2020-05-05 18:27:34 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/552934792 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/552938070 2020-05-05 18:29:08 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/552938070 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/552945839 Fueled by The Second Great Awakening, northerners were determined to push the abolition of slavery through a political solution. They claimed they were being silenced by the so called, “Gag Rule" in which congress put aside indefinitely all anti-slavery petitions. ]]> 2020-05-05 18:32:25 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/552945839 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/552973195 2020-05-05 18:43:42 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/552973195 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/552986449 After Nat Turner's rebellion, individual slaves continued to rebel by running away to freedom in the North. There fugitives from slavery were often helped in their escape by sympathetic people in the North. ]]> 2020-05-05 18:48:41 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/552986449 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/553000695 2020-05-05 18:54:46 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/553000695 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/553005205 In 1850, Henry Clay, now senator from Kentucky had an idea for an agreement allowing California into the Union as a free state. Clay's new compromise had something to please just about everyone. His idea included allowing New Mexico and Utah territories to decide .whether to allow slavery, outlawing the slave trade in Washington D.C., and creating a stronger fugitive slave law. ]]> 2020-05-05 18:56:41 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/553005205 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/553028367 2020-05-05 19:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/553028367 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/553032815 2020-05-05 19:08:40 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/553032815 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/553035294 2020-05-05 19:09:48 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/553035294 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/553043657 2020-05-05 19:13:15 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/553043657 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/553050795 The Fugitive Slave Act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. The act also made the federal government responsible for finding, returning, and trying escaped slaves.]]> 2020-05-05 19:16:38 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/553050795 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/553056559 2020-05-05 19:19:13 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/553056559 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/553060233 2020-05-05 19:20:51 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/553060233 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/553067247 In 1853, Stephen A. Douglas proposed a bill to organize the territories of Kansas and Nebraska into states because he envisioned the building of a national railroad stretching to California. Like Utah and New Mexico, Douglas argued, Kansas and Nebraska should be allowed to vote for themselves over the issue of slavery. This became known as the Kansas-Nebraska Act. ]]> 2020-05-05 19:23:48 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/553067247 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/553074888 2020-05-05 19:27:04 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/553074888 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558487741 2020-05-07 20:29:37 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558487741 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558488268 2020-05-07 20:29:56 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558488268 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558489628 2020-05-07 20:30:37 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558489628 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558490758 The Kansas territory settled into a time of extreme violence known as, “Bleeding Kansas.” Pro-slavery “border ruffians” targeted and attacked abolitionists, and Jayhawking abolitionists attempted to terrorize pro-slavery families.]]> 2020-05-07 20:31:12 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558490758 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558494366 2020-05-07 20:33:02 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558494366 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558496013 2020-05-07 20:33:49 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558496013 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558501646 The violence in Kansas greatly disturbed Massachusetts Senator, Charles Sumner and  hurled insults on southern senators. Two days later, Butler’s nephew, a representative from the same state, attacked Sumner out of rage. ]]> 2020-05-07 20:36:57 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558501646 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558505948 2020-05-07 20:39:28 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558505948 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558513961 A slave from Missouri, who’s owner had brought him for a time to Wisconsin, a free state, sued for his freedom, arguing that his stay in  Wisconsin had made him a free man.the court ruled that Scott had no right to sue is owner, because, as an African American slave, he was not, nor could be a U.S. citizen. ]]> 2020-05-07 20:43:55 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558513961 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558518041 2020-05-07 20:46:21 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558518041 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558521326 2020-05-07 20:48:08 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558521326 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558521949 2020-05-07 20:48:32 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558521949 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558524706 2020-05-07 20:50:10 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558524706 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558524999 2020-05-07 20:50:23 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558524999 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558528234 2020-05-07 20:52:31 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558528234 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558528722 2020-05-07 20:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558528722 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558530099 2020-05-07 20:53:44 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558530099 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558533757 A lawyer named Abraham Lincoln challenged Stephen A. Douglas for one of the states Senate seat forced Douglas to publicly explain his stance on the issue of slavery. Though Douglas defeated Lincoln at the ballot box, Lincoln left a lasting impression on the north, where support for abolition was gaining momentum.]]> 2020-05-07 20:55:53 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558533757 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558537304 2020-05-07 20:58:04 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558537304 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558539166 2020-05-07 20:59:11 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558539166 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558540516 2020-05-07 21:00:04 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558540516 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558543732 The 1860 presidential race was divided three ways, but Lincoln won and became president. The south was now the minority and feared that Congress would try to abolish slavery. ]]> 2020-05-07 21:02:17 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558543732 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558550045 2020-05-07 21:06:25 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558550045 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558554047 2020-05-07 21:09:07 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558554047 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558555250 2020-05-07 21:09:55 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558555250 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558555685 2020-05-07 21:10:14 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558555685 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558559064 2020-05-07 21:12:38 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558559064 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558559967 2020-05-07 21:13:16 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558559967 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558564520 2020-05-07 21:16:15 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558564520 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558566544 2020-05-07 21:17:36 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558566544 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558567987 2020-05-07 21:18:41 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558567987 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558569361 2020-05-07 21:19:46 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558569361 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558569873 2020-05-07 21:20:12 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558569873 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558573233 On December 20 1860 in Charleston, South Carolina, delegates voted to leave the union. Six more states soon followed South Carolina's lead and in February 1861, those states joined together as the Confederate States of America. ]]> 2020-05-07 21:22:44 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558573233 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558582814 2020-05-07 21:29:22 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558582814 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558583439 2020-05-07 21:29:51 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558583439 bijanb2741 https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558584328 2020-05-07 21:30:33 UTC https://padlet.com/bijanb2741/azxhsyzdhup69uk6/wish/558584328