https://padlet.com/aimeyer/isj7etbvmjrzzl5b Sectionalism Leads to Combat en-us 2023-05-01 13:05:32 UTC 2026-03-04 14:55:17 UTC hello@padlet.com aimeyer https://padlet.com/aimeyer/isj7etbvmjrzzl5b/wish/2573703972 Tubman encountered the Underground Railroad when escaping slavery from Maryland. Soon thereafter she became a ‘conductor’, safely leading family and friends to free northern states. ]]> 2023-05-01 13:15:09 UTC https://padlet.com/aimeyer/isj7etbvmjrzzl5b/wish/2573703972 aimeyer https://padlet.com/aimeyer/isj7etbvmjrzzl5b/wish/2573704413 Congress passed The Fugitive Slave Act as a part of the Compromise of 1850. The act required that slaves be returned to their owners by law, even if they were in a free state.]]> 2023-05-01 13:15:36 UTC https://padlet.com/aimeyer/isj7etbvmjrzzl5b/wish/2573704413 stberry1 https://padlet.com/aimeyer/isj7etbvmjrzzl5b/wish/2573704732 This fictional book by Harriet Beecher Stowe describes the troubles experienced by enslaved people.]]> 2023-05-01 13:15:57 UTC https://padlet.com/aimeyer/isj7etbvmjrzzl5b/wish/2573704732 kspaeth2 https://padlet.com/aimeyer/isj7etbvmjrzzl5b/wish/2573705210 The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed popular sovereignty. This was a bill that allowed the population of Kansas and Nebraska to decide wether or not slavery was okay to have in the territories. This made the northern states mad because they were northern states and wanted slavery.]]> 2023-05-01 13:16:18 UTC https://padlet.com/aimeyer/isj7etbvmjrzzl5b/wish/2573705210 stberry1 https://padlet.com/aimeyer/isj7etbvmjrzzl5b/wish/2573706044 Dred Scott was an enslaved African American owned by John Emerson in Missouri. After Emerson died, some confusion came up about Scott's freedom. The case went to the supreme court, which then declared him still a slave. This decision violated the Missouri Compromise and is considered one of the worst verdicts ever produced by the Supreme Court.]]> 2023-05-01 13:17:07 UTC https://padlet.com/aimeyer/isj7etbvmjrzzl5b/wish/2573706044 aimeyer https://padlet.com/aimeyer/isj7etbvmjrzzl5b/wish/2573712062 Abraham Lincoln (Republican party presidential candidate) and Stephen Douglas (Democratic party presidential candidate) challenged each other in a series of 7 political debates; the most heated topic was slavery.]]> 2023-05-01 13:21:34 UTC https://padlet.com/aimeyer/isj7etbvmjrzzl5b/wish/2573712062 aimeyer https://padlet.com/aimeyer/isj7etbvmjrzzl5b/wish/2573715738 Abolitionist John Brown leads a small group on a raid against a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia in an attempt to start an armed revolt of enslaved people and destroy the institution of slavery.]]> 2023-05-01 13:24:58 UTC https://padlet.com/aimeyer/isj7etbvmjrzzl5b/wish/2573715738 stberry1 https://padlet.com/aimeyer/isj7etbvmjrzzl5b/wish/2573716190 South Carolina, on December 20th, 1860, was the first state to secede from the US. Lincoln's victory in the presidential election pushed the southern states to break off from the Union.]]> 2023-05-01 13:25:25 UTC https://padlet.com/aimeyer/isj7etbvmjrzzl5b/wish/2573716190 aimeyer https://padlet.com/aimeyer/isj7etbvmjrzzl5b/wish/2573718212 Abraham Lincoln, running as a Republican, captured less than 40 percent of the vote but won a majority in the electoral college by dominating in the North and the Pacific Coast to become president.]]> 2023-05-01 13:27:30 UTC https://padlet.com/aimeyer/isj7etbvmjrzzl5b/wish/2573718212 kspaeth2 https://padlet.com/aimeyer/isj7etbvmjrzzl5b/wish/2573729499 The confederate states of America were made by the seven slave states: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. They all strongly agreed on slavery and wanted to own slaves. They didn't agree with northern states and wanted to split off from them to allow slaves all in their territories.]]> 2023-05-01 13:38:17 UTC https://padlet.com/aimeyer/isj7etbvmjrzzl5b/wish/2573729499