Rachel & Abby's Timeline by RACHEL ALIG https://padlet.com/8135781/qxumc1zb2pinqua8 Rachel Alig, Abby Livergood en-us 2020-10-08 16:13:57 UTC 2023-06-03 13:48:55 UTC hello@padlet.com 1830: Age of Reform & Start of Abolitionist Movement ;Beginning in the 1830’s, the Age of Reform was a social reform movement inspired by the Second Great Awakening. Many were inspired to work toward salvation by doing “good works” to improve temperance, education, prisons and other social causes. The Abolitionist movement was formed to ABOLISH America’s worst social problem: slavery. Abolitionists worked to convince Americans that slavery was immoral. 8135781 https://padlet.com/8135781/qxumc1zb2pinqua8/wish/815016887 2020-10-08 18:31:24 UTC https://padlet.com/8135781/qxumc1zb2pinqua8/wish/815016887 1850: The Compromise of 1850; California wanted to join the union as a free State and the south wasn't okay with that because it wasn't above the line. So in order to appease the south the Fugitive Slave act was put into place which meant that any escapee slaves that were seen were captured and sent back to the South. This backfired for all black Americans cause even free men and women were being captured. 8135781 https://padlet.com/8135781/qxumc1zb2pinqua8/wish/815039054 2020-10-08 18:37:14 UTC https://padlet.com/8135781/qxumc1zb2pinqua8/wish/815039054 1850: Fugitive Slave Act; The act stated that anyone who tried to help a slave escape would be imprisoned. Under the law, Norther's would be required to arrest any slave that they found trying to escape slavery. This inspired the Underground railroad. 8135781 https://padlet.com/8135781/qxumc1zb2pinqua8/wish/815072091 2020-10-08 18:46:06 UTC https://padlet.com/8135781/qxumc1zb2pinqua8/wish/815072091 1852: Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes Uncle Tom’s Cabin 2669361 https://padlet.com/8135781/qxumc1zb2pinqua8/wish/815074235 Stowe's book allowed northerners to not only see what slavery in the south looked like, but to also become invested in the lives of slaves through the attachments readers had to the characters in her book. Because northerner's eyes were opened, they began to fight harder against slavery. Abraham Lincoln later credited Stowe with starting the war. ]]> 2020-10-08 18:46:44 UTC https://padlet.com/8135781/qxumc1zb2pinqua8/wish/815074235 1850: Harriet Tubman becomes a conductor on the Underground Railroad; The Underground Railroad was a network of people committed to helping slaves to freedom in spite of the Fugitive Slave Act. The Railroad refers to their underground tunnel system & series of safe houses. Harriet Tubman was rescued through the railroad and went back in order to rescue more slaves. She rescued over 200 slaves and was a catalyst in the whole system. 8135781 https://padlet.com/8135781/qxumc1zb2pinqua8/wish/815080839 2020-10-08 18:48:33 UTC https://padlet.com/8135781/qxumc1zb2pinqua8/wish/815080839 1854: Kansas & Nebraska Act 2669361 https://padlet.com/8135781/qxumc1zb2pinqua8/wish/815102833 This act divided Nebraska into two territories, creating Kansas. This act also replaced the Missouri Compromise which had previously stated that there could be no slave states above the 36,30' parallel. People would now be allowed to participate in popular sovereignty meaning each territory could decide for themselves whether they would be a slave state or not. ]]> 2020-10-08 18:55:03 UTC https://padlet.com/8135781/qxumc1zb2pinqua8/wish/815102833 1854: Bleeding Kansas 2669361 https://padlet.com/8135781/qxumc1zb2pinqua8/wish/815135037 After the Kansas and Nebraska Act was created, people assumed that Nebraska would become a free state; however, people raced to Kansas with hopes of influencing their decision. Tensions were very high and people from opposite sides began attacking one another in the streets. There was so much violence in Kansas at the time, they soon became known as Bleeding Kansas. ]]> 2020-10-08 19:04:41 UTC https://padlet.com/8135781/qxumc1zb2pinqua8/wish/815135037 1854: Preston Brooks beats Charles Sumner 2669361 https://padlet.com/8135781/qxumc1zb2pinqua8/wish/815174736 All of the violence in Kansas quickly spread to the Senate where Charles Sumner gave a speech about the horrors of slavery and verbally attacked Andrew Butler, who supported slavery. Butler's cousin, Preston Brooks, overheard the speech and a few days later went to the Senate with a gold tipped cane and beat Sumner over the head with it. This beating to the head caused Sumner to go blind. ]]> 2020-10-08 19:17:34 UTC https://padlet.com/8135781/qxumc1zb2pinqua8/wish/815174736