https://padlet.com/ubersvin/ijubk73qxb73ngd5 US History en-us 2022-04-21 13:17:59 UTC 2022-04-21 14:30:52 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f436.png ubersvin https://padlet.com/ubersvin/ijubk73qxb73ngd5/wish/2152044399 The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five bills passed by the U.S. Congress in September 1850 that defused a political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired in the Mexican-American War.]]> 2022-04-21 13:29:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ubersvin/ijubk73qxb73ngd5/wish/2152044399 ubersvin https://padlet.com/ubersvin/ijubk73qxb73ngd5/wish/2152053968 The Fugitive Slave Act was a law passed by the U.S. Congress. It required that all escaped slaves, upon capture, be returned.]]> 2022-04-21 13:35:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ubersvin/ijubk73qxb73ngd5/wish/2152053968 ubersvin https://padlet.com/ubersvin/ijubk73qxb73ngd5/wish/2152063204 Uncle Tom’s Cabin tells the story of Uncle Tom, an enslaved person, depicted as saintly and dignified, noble in his beliefs. ]]> 2022-04-21 13:41:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ubersvin/ijubk73qxb73ngd5/wish/2152063204 ubersvin https://padlet.com/ubersvin/ijubk73qxb73ngd5/wish/2152089670 It was a very disappointing election for lots of people because Winfield Scott should have won. The Whigs chose a Mexican War hero over the current president. And the war hero, Winfield Scott, lost the election by a large margin.]]> 2022-04-21 13:58:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ubersvin/ijubk73qxb73ngd5/wish/2152089670 ubersvin https://padlet.com/ubersvin/ijubk73qxb73ngd5/wish/2152094681 The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 allowed slavery in the territory north of the 36° 30´ latitude. Slavery would be decided by the residents of each territory.]]> 2022-04-21 14:01:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ubersvin/ijubk73qxb73ngd5/wish/2152094681 ubersvin https://padlet.com/ubersvin/ijubk73qxb73ngd5/wish/2152099148 Bleeding Kansas describes the period of repeated outbreaks of violent guerrilla warfare between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces .]]> 2022-04-21 14:04:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ubersvin/ijubk73qxb73ngd5/wish/2152099148 ubersvin https://padlet.com/ubersvin/ijubk73qxb73ngd5/wish/2152104388 The Dred Scott decision stated that Scott as a slave was not a U.S. citizen and therefore couldn’t sue in a federal court.]]> 2022-04-21 14:06:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ubersvin/ijubk73qxb73ngd5/wish/2152104388 ubersvin https://padlet.com/ubersvin/ijubk73qxb73ngd5/wish/2152109348  The Lincoln–Douglas Debates of 1858 were a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate and Stephen Douglas, the Democratic Party candidate both vying to win the Senate seat of Illinois.]]> 2022-04-21 14:09:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ubersvin/ijubk73qxb73ngd5/wish/2152109348 ubersvin https://padlet.com/ubersvin/ijubk73qxb73ngd5/wish/2152113209 The militant anti-slavery activist, John Brown, led a group of 21 armed men to seize weapons and ammunition from a federal armory at Harpers Ferry, enough to equip an army, and then lead a slave rebellion in the South.]]> 2022-04-21 14:12:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ubersvin/ijubk73qxb73ngd5/wish/2152113209 ubersvin https://padlet.com/ubersvin/ijubk73qxb73ngd5/wish/2152117472 The election of 1860 proved to be the breaking point for an already unstable nation. It demonstrated the divisions within the U.S. just before the Civil War.]]> 2022-04-21 14:14:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ubersvin/ijubk73qxb73ngd5/wish/2152117472 ubersvin https://padlet.com/ubersvin/ijubk73qxb73ngd5/wish/2152127891 South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Federal Union. The south seceded with a number of grievances. These grievances included a number of disagreements on major issues. Among them was slavery, state rights, and political matters. ]]> 2022-04-21 14:21:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ubersvin/ijubk73qxb73ngd5/wish/2152127891 ubersvin https://padlet.com/ubersvin/ijubk73qxb73ngd5/wish/2152137580 Violence occurred on the floor of the U.S. Senate. Congressman Preston Brooks, who favored enslavement, attacked Sen. ]]> 2022-04-21 14:26:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ubersvin/ijubk73qxb73ngd5/wish/2152137580 ubersvin https://padlet.com/ubersvin/ijubk73qxb73ngd5/wish/2152144220 In 1857, the Lecompton Constitution was created, allowing for Kansas to be a state that practiced enslavement. Pro-enslavement forces supported by President James Buchanan attempted to push the Constitution through the U.S. Congress for acceptance.]]> 2022-04-21 14:30:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ubersvin/ijubk73qxb73ngd5/wish/2152144220