https://padlet.com/dod0588/in4v3r39hljj The Gathering Storm was a series of events in the 1800's that caused conflicts between the culturally and geographically divided United States. The Northern states of the United States opposed slavery while the Southern states supported slavery. The extreme differences in beliefs of slavery resulted in the Gathering Storm. The events in the Gathering Storm escalated over numerous years because of the controversy of slavery and ultimately resulted in the American Civil War. Image Cited: Sectionalism, www.thomaslegion.net/sectionalismandtheunitedstates.html. en-us 2018-04-03 20:59:14 UTC 2018-04-20 22:54:26 UTC hello@padlet.com dod0588 https://padlet.com/dod0588/in4v3r39hljj/wish/248312563 The Missouri Compromised admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state to balance the number of free and slave states in 1820. Congress then created a boundary dividing the U.S. where the Northern section would make slavery illegal and the Southern section allowed slavery.

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Carole. “THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE.” AwesomeStories.com, www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/THE-MISSOURI-COMPROMISE-Jesse-James.]]> 2018-04-03 21:25:31 UTC https://padlet.com/dod0588/in4v3r39hljj/wish/248312563 dod0588 https://padlet.com/dod0588/in4v3r39hljj/wish/248312612 During the early 1800's, the Second Great Awakening occurred, convincing many people to abolish slavery in the United States and Congress received numerous requests to end slavery. Some proposals to end and prevent slavery were created by John Quincy Adams, but they were not permitted by Congress.

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“Religious, Education, and Prison Reform (Discussion).” Social Reform in the 1800s, mrsclark8thgradess.weebly.com/religious-education-and-prison-reform-discussion.html.

]]> 2018-04-03 21:25:46 UTC https://padlet.com/dod0588/in4v3r39hljj/wish/248312612 dod0588 https://padlet.com/dod0588/in4v3r39hljj/wish/248312743 Many slave revolts occurred in the South, including those of Nat Turner and hundreds of slaves ran away from their plantations as fugitives. Because of the loss of slaves, Southerners demanded a law to aid recapturing their slave property.

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“Fugitive Slaves in the United States.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 16 Apr. 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_slaves_in_the_United_States.

]]> 2018-04-03 21:26:28 UTC https://padlet.com/dod0588/in4v3r39hljj/wish/248312743 dod0588 https://padlet.com/dod0588/in4v3r39hljj/wish/248312923 After the president requested funds, a representative named David Wilmot added the Wilmot Proviso to the bill stating that slavery should be illegal in the territory gained from the Mexican-American War. The proviso was allowed by the House but the Senate refused as many Southerners disagreed.

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“Slavery in America Part IV.” ., 22 Feb. 2007, answersinhistory.wordpress.com/2007/01/30/slavery-in-america-part-iv/.]]> 2018-04-03 21:27:19 UTC https://padlet.com/dod0588/in4v3r39hljj/wish/248312923 dod0588 https://padlet.com/dod0588/in4v3r39hljj/wish/248313235 After the Mexican-American War, Southerners desired all of the territory of the Mexican Cession to be opened for slavery but the Northerners argued for it to be closed. In 1849, Congress saw an application for California as an anti-slavery state and the two sides argued for the slave status of California.

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“California Facts.” California Facts - Symbols, Famous People, Tourist Attractions, state.1keydata.com/california.php.]]> 2018-04-03 21:29:10 UTC https://padlet.com/dod0588/in4v3r39hljj/wish/248313235 dod0588 https://padlet.com/dod0588/in4v3r39hljj/wish/248313298 In 1850, Henry Clay, a Kentucky senator developed the Compromise of 1850. The compromise was planned to stop the arguments between the North and the South by admitting California to be a free state and allowing the New Mexico and Utah territories to practice slavery. Congress debated the passing of the new compromise for many months and finally integrated it in September 1850. Many were happy the arguments ended while certain Southerners were not joyful.

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Carole. “THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE.” AwesomeStories.com, www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/THE-MISSOURI-COMPROMISE-Jesse-James.

]]> 2018-04-03 21:29:29 UTC https://padlet.com/dod0588/in4v3r39hljj/wish/248313298 dod0588 https://padlet.com/dod0588/in4v3r39hljj/wish/248313524 The Compromise of 1850 once again caused much controversy and as a result, the Fugitive Slave Act, a law requiring the return of runaway slaves to their owners, was devised in 1850. Opposition occurred as a result of the act as Northerners denounced slave hunters and only 299 slaves were returned to their owners compared to the thousands of runaways in hiding.

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History.com Staff. “Fugitive Slave Acts.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2009, www.history.com/topics/black-history/fugitive-slave-acts.

]]> 2018-04-03 21:30:40 UTC https://padlet.com/dod0588/in4v3r39hljj/wish/248313524 dod0588 https://padlet.com/dod0588/in4v3r39hljj/wish/248313616 In 1854, Douglas, a senator from Illinois, proposed the Nebraska-Kansas Act, which formed the Nebraska and Kansas territories and abolished the Missouri Compromise. Then, Congress debated whether the territories should or should not allow slavery.

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“Kansas-Nebraska Act - The Railroad Express.” Google Sites, sites.google.com/a/oceanschools.org/the-railroad-express/home/kansas-nebraska-act.

]]> 2018-04-03 21:31:07 UTC https://padlet.com/dod0588/in4v3r39hljj/wish/248313616 dod0588 https://padlet.com/dod0588/in4v3r39hljj/wish/248313686 After the act was passed, many settlers moved to Kansas, most seeking good land and opportunities but some others supported and opposed slavery. In 1856, Missouri slavery supporters invaded the anti-slavery city of Lawrence, Kansas and in retaliation, John Brown, a violent abolitionist, ransacked the pro-slavery city of Pottawatomie, Kansas.

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History.com Staff. “John Brown.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2009, www.history.com/topics/john-brown.

]]> 2018-04-03 21:31:29 UTC https://padlet.com/dod0588/in4v3r39hljj/wish/248313686 dod0588 https://padlet.com/dod0588/in4v3r39hljj/wish/248313730 Because of the violence in Kansas, a senator named Charles Sumner deduced that Senator Stephen Douglas, the man who created the Nebraska-Kansas Act, schemed with Southerners to admit Kansas as a slave state. He criticized many Southerners, including Senator Andrew Butler, which resulted in Sumner's beating with a cane in Congress by Butler's Nephew, Preston Brooks.

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“Violence in the Senate – Slavery, Honor and the Caning of Charles Sumner.” History Is Now Magazine, Podcasts, Blog and Books | Modern International and American History, www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2017/7/31/violence-in-the-senate-slavery-honor-and-the-caning-of-charles-sumner.

]]> 2018-04-03 21:31:43 UTC https://padlet.com/dod0588/in4v3r39hljj/wish/248313730 dod0588 https://padlet.com/dod0588/in4v3r39hljj/wish/248313771 2018-04-03 21:31:54 UTC https://padlet.com/dod0588/in4v3r39hljj/wish/248313771 dod0588 https://padlet.com/dod0588/in4v3r39hljj/wish/248313896 In 1857, a fugitive slave named Dred Scott claimed that a stay in Wisconsin with his owner, where slavery was abolished, allowed him to become free of the Fugitive Slave Act. After debates, the Supreme Court came up with the Dred Scott decision, an act that made African Americans non citizens, and as a result, Scott returned to his owner.

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PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2932.html.

]]> 2018-04-03 21:32:32 UTC https://padlet.com/dod0588/in4v3r39hljj/wish/248313896 dod0588 https://padlet.com/dod0588/in4v3r39hljj/wish/248313971 The Lincoln-Douglas debates were political arguments between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas, candidates for the Illinois senator. Lincoln argued about the wrong morality of slavery while Douglas debated that the Dred Scott decision handled the practice and Lincoln lost the election for senator, increasing the issue of the morality of slavery.

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“Lincoln-Douglas Debate Negotiations.” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 31 Aug. 2008, www.smithsonianmag.com/history/lincoln-douglas-debate-negotiations-8479000/.

]]> 2018-04-03 21:32:58 UTC https://padlet.com/dod0588/in4v3r39hljj/wish/248313971 dod0588 https://padlet.com/dod0588/in4v3r39hljj/wish/248314017 In 1859, John Brown, a violent and extreme abolitionist, attacked a military storage room in Harpers Ferry, Virginia in a violent attempt to end slavery. However, all of his men including himself were captured and killed. The event caused fear in the South of a slave revolt.

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Alchin, Linda. “James Buchanan.” ***, Siteseen Limited, 9 Jan. 2018, www.american-historama.org/1850-1860-secession-era/john-browns-raid-harpers-ferry.htm.

]]> 2018-04-03 21:33:15 UTC https://padlet.com/dod0588/in4v3r39hljj/wish/248314017 dod0588 https://padlet.com/dod0588/in4v3r39hljj/wish/248314071 In the 1860 presidential race, Abraham Lincoln, a politician supporting the abolition of slavery, was elected as the U.S. president. The result of the election made the South inferior to the North and the Southerners predicted that the abolishing of slavery would come soon.

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“1860: On This Day in History, Abraham Lincoln Elected 16th President of USA.” Veterans Today | News - Military Foreign Affairs - VA, 6 Nov. 2017, www.veteranstoday.com/2017/11/06/1860-on-this-day-in-history-abraham-lincoln-elected-16th-president-of-usa/.

]]> 2018-04-03 21:33:33 UTC https://padlet.com/dod0588/in4v3r39hljj/wish/248314071 dod0588 https://padlet.com/dod0588/in4v3r39hljj/wish/248314198 After the election, the South was alarmed and called for succession or another compromise to keep slavery.  In 1860, South Carolina left the Union and formed the Confederate States of America after a few other states left in 1861.

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“Finally Passing.” The Economist, The Economist Newspaper, 2 Apr. 2011, www.economist.com/node/18486035.

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