https://padlet.com/megan_mitchell21/lnc7k3p9757v The events leading up to the American Civil War en-us 2018-04-27 13:09:29 UTC 2025-11-06 13:17:36 UTC hello@padlet.com megan_mitchell21 https://padlet.com/megan_mitchell21/lnc7k3p9757v/wish/255991483 The Missouri Compromise was a temporary compromise for the issue of slavery in the U.S. It included joining Missouri to the Union as slave state, joining Maine as a free state and creating an imaginary line at latitude 36 degrees 30'.]]> 2018-04-27 13:12:00 UTC https://padlet.com/megan_mitchell21/lnc7k3p9757v/wish/255991483 megan_mitchell21 https://padlet.com/megan_mitchell21/lnc7k3p9757v/wish/255991927 Abolitionists got mad at Congress for not confronting the issue of slavery. The South started to fear abolitionists and their message.]]> 2018-04-27 13:13:10 UTC https://padlet.com/megan_mitchell21/lnc7k3p9757v/wish/255991927 megan_mitchell21 https://padlet.com/megan_mitchell21/lnc7k3p9757v/wish/255992586 Some slaves tried to run to freedom in the North. ]]> 2018-04-27 13:14:34 UTC https://padlet.com/megan_mitchell21/lnc7k3p9757v/wish/255992586 megan_mitchell21 https://padlet.com/megan_mitchell21/lnc7k3p9757v/wish/255992912 David Wilmot added an amendment to a bill, stating that no slavery would be allowed in territories. It passed in the House, but was rejected in the Senate.]]> 2018-04-27 13:15:10 UTC https://padlet.com/megan_mitchell21/lnc7k3p9757v/wish/255992912 megan_mitchell21 https://padlet.com/megan_mitchell21/lnc7k3p9757v/wish/255993188 California wanted to enter the Union as a free state, which would upset the balance of free and slave states.]]> 2018-04-27 13:15:43 UTC https://padlet.com/megan_mitchell21/lnc7k3p9757v/wish/255993188 megan_mitchell21 https://padlet.com/megan_mitchell21/lnc7k3p9757v/wish/255993393 California would enter as a free state, the New Mexico and Utah territories would choose whether or not they would be slave states. Slaves would no longer be sold in Washington D.C. and the passage of a strong fugitive slave law.]]> 2018-04-27 13:16:12 UTC https://padlet.com/megan_mitchell21/lnc7k3p9757v/wish/255993393 megan_mitchell21 https://padlet.com/megan_mitchell21/lnc7k3p9757v/wish/255994316 Many people were unhappy with the Fugitive Slave Act. Northerners didn't want to enforce the law and Southerners felt the act didn't ensure that they got their slaves back.]]> 2018-04-27 13:18:05 UTC https://padlet.com/megan_mitchell21/lnc7k3p9757v/wish/255994316 megan_mitchell21 https://padlet.com/megan_mitchell21/lnc7k3p9757v/wish/255994571 It created two new territories, Kansas and Nebraska. It abolished the Missouri Compromise, letting the settlers vote on whether or not to allow slavery. This upset Northerners who were trying to abolish slavery.]]> 2018-04-27 13:18:35 UTC https://padlet.com/megan_mitchell21/lnc7k3p9757v/wish/255994571 megan_mitchell21 https://padlet.com/megan_mitchell21/lnc7k3p9757v/wish/255994845 Settlers poured into Kansas, from both the North and South. Their different opinions bubbled into violence.]]> 2018-04-27 13:19:07 UTC https://padlet.com/megan_mitchell21/lnc7k3p9757v/wish/255994845 megan_mitchell21 https://padlet.com/megan_mitchell21/lnc7k3p9757v/wish/255995040 Sumner gave a speech on how outraged he was at the bloodshed in Kansas. He was attacked in the Senate by a South Carolina representative.]]> 2018-04-27 13:19:32 UTC https://padlet.com/megan_mitchell21/lnc7k3p9757v/wish/255995040 megan_mitchell21 https://padlet.com/megan_mitchell21/lnc7k3p9757v/wish/255995307 A slave named Dred Scott thought that his time in Wisconsin made him a free time. The Supreme Court decided that Scott could not sue for his freedom and that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.]]> 2018-04-27 13:20:05 UTC https://padlet.com/megan_mitchell21/lnc7k3p9757v/wish/255995307 megan_mitchell21 https://padlet.com/megan_mitchell21/lnc7k3p9757v/wish/255995712 Douglas argued that the Dred Scott Decision put slavery to rest, but Lincoln argued that slavery was more of a moral issue.]]> 2018-04-27 13:20:52 UTC https://padlet.com/megan_mitchell21/lnc7k3p9757v/wish/255995712 megan_mitchell21 https://padlet.com/megan_mitchell21/lnc7k3p9757v/wish/255996079 John Brown was an abolitionist who planned to seize the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Northerners viewed him as a hero while Southerners feared him.]]> 2018-04-27 13:21:39 UTC https://padlet.com/megan_mitchell21/lnc7k3p9757v/wish/255996079 megan_mitchell21 https://padlet.com/megan_mitchell21/lnc7k3p9757v/wish/255996575 Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860 with only 40 percent of the votes. The South saw this as proof that they were now the minority in this country.]]> 2018-04-27 13:22:37 UTC https://padlet.com/megan_mitchell21/lnc7k3p9757v/wish/255996575 megan_mitchell21 https://padlet.com/megan_mitchell21/lnc7k3p9757v/wish/255996853 Lincoln wouldn't interfere with slavery in the South and would enforce the Fugitive Slave Act, but drew thew line at letting slavery advance into territories. The South voted to leave the Union.]]> 2018-04-27 13:23:07 UTC https://padlet.com/megan_mitchell21/lnc7k3p9757v/wish/255996853