https://padlet.com/1792236514/qvz0qf69sdx18e84 Baldwin- timeline en-us 2021-11-29 14:14:50 UTC 2025-10-24 03:35:47 UTC hello@padlet.com 1792236514 https://padlet.com/1792236514/qvz0qf69sdx18e84/wish/1920445668 The Missouri Compromise divided the nation into two- free states and slave states. New states were allowed to choose whether to be free or slave. the Missouri Compromise was later ruled unconstitutional in the Dred Scott decision.]]> 2021-11-30 14:07:23 UTC https://padlet.com/1792236514/qvz0qf69sdx18e84/wish/1920445668 1792236514 https://padlet.com/1792236514/qvz0qf69sdx18e84/wish/1920451098 The Missouri Compromise admitted California as a free state and left Utah and New Mexico to decide for themselves whether to be a slave state or a free state. It also defined a new New Mexico boundary and made it easier for slave owners to recover runways under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.

]]> 2021-11-30 14:09:18 UTC https://padlet.com/1792236514/qvz0qf69sdx18e84/wish/1920451098 1792236514 https://padlet.com/1792236514/qvz0qf69sdx18e84/wish/1920458137 The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty. There was also a violent turn of events known as “Bleeding Kansas,” as pro-slavery and anti-slavery activists rushed into the territories to influence the popular sovereignty vote.

]]> 2021-11-30 14:11:47 UTC https://padlet.com/1792236514/qvz0qf69sdx18e84/wish/1920458137 1792236514 https://padlet.com/1792236514/qvz0qf69sdx18e84/wish/1920465227 Dred Scott believed he should be a free man because he once lived on free soil. His case was taken to the Supreme Court 11 years later. The court ruled he was a slave and had no citizen rights since he was property. Popular sovereignty was ruled unconstitutional and so was the 36'30" line.]]> 2021-11-30 14:13:54 UTC https://padlet.com/1792236514/qvz0qf69sdx18e84/wish/1920465227 1792236514 https://padlet.com/1792236514/qvz0qf69sdx18e84/wish/1920478652 When Lincoln was elected in 1860, South Carolina seceded from the Union along with the rest of the pro-slave states. The south was terrified that Lincoln was anti-slavery and would outlaw slavery even though he never said that he would. 

]]> 2021-11-30 14:18:39 UTC https://padlet.com/1792236514/qvz0qf69sdx18e84/wish/1920478652 1792236514 https://padlet.com/1792236514/qvz0qf69sdx18e84/wish/1920521184 The Lincoln and Douglas debates were a series of debates from both parties about problems in the nation. Slavery and its extension into other states was one of the biggest issues Lincoln pushed for Stephen Douglas to debate. Douglas believed in popular sovereignty and that slavery had reached its limits, in return a lot of his southern supporters turned against him. These debates brought Lincoln national spotlight and increased his chances of winning the election.]]> 2021-11-30 14:33:39 UTC https://padlet.com/1792236514/qvz0qf69sdx18e84/wish/1920521184