https://padlet.com/morgamac/w6pslbbu8uua U.S. History en-us 2018-05-03 18:24:36 UTC 2025-12-28 18:12:00 UTC hello@padlet.com morgamac https://padlet.com/morgamac/w6pslbbu8uua/wish/257798476 John Brown's Raid was an event that  occured in the town of Harpers Ferry, Virginia  concerning John Brown and 22 other men. Brown lead a team in hopes to arm and free slaves. Brown was later convicted of treason, murder, and conspiracy to incite slave rebellion.]]> 2018-05-03 18:27:59 UTC https://padlet.com/morgamac/w6pslbbu8uua/wish/257798476 morgamac https://padlet.com/morgamac/w6pslbbu8uua/wish/257803221 Dred Scott was a slave who sued his master who sent Scott to live in a free territory. The controversial decision of the U.S. Supreme court stated that no slave of descendant of a slave could be a U.S. citizen. As a non-citizen and a slave was viewed as property.]]> 2018-05-03 18:38:33 UTC https://padlet.com/morgamac/w6pslbbu8uua/wish/257803221 morgamac https://padlet.com/morgamac/w6pslbbu8uua/wish/257808326 Bleeding Kansas were many disagreements over whether slavery should be allowed in Kansas which led to violence among settlers.]]> 2018-05-03 18:50:24 UTC https://padlet.com/morgamac/w6pslbbu8uua/wish/257808326 morgamac https://padlet.com/morgamac/w6pslbbu8uua/wish/257809984 A slave by the name of Nat Turner and 60 other slaves led violent rebellion that resulted in the deaths of more than 50 Virginians]]> 2018-05-03 18:54:09 UTC https://padlet.com/morgamac/w6pslbbu8uua/wish/257809984 morgamac https://padlet.com/morgamac/w6pslbbu8uua/wish/258096871 The Tariff of 1832 was passed by Congress in an attempt to appease the South after the Tariff of 1828. John C. Calhoun resigned from the vice presidency and South Carolina issues an Ordinance of Nullification, which declared both tariffs unconstitutional and would not be honored with in the sovereign state of South Carolina.]]> 2018-05-04 16:51:10 UTC https://padlet.com/morgamac/w6pslbbu8uua/wish/258096871 morgamac https://padlet.com/morgamac/w6pslbbu8uua/wish/258098625 Disagreements erupted over whether land acquired form Mexico after the Mexican-American War would become slave states or free states. The compromise admitted California as a free state, and the territories of New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah would be allowed to permit slavery in their territories when they applied for statehood]]> 2018-05-04 16:56:16 UTC https://padlet.com/morgamac/w6pslbbu8uua/wish/258098625 morgamac https://padlet.com/morgamac/w6pslbbu8uua/wish/258131265 Uncle Tom's Cabin, published in response to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, it sold two million copies worldwide within two years of being published. After the bible, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was the highest selling book of the 19th century.]]> 2018-05-04 18:28:40 UTC https://padlet.com/morgamac/w6pslbbu8uua/wish/258131265 morgamac https://padlet.com/morgamac/w6pslbbu8uua/wish/258133477 In 1818, Missouri sight admission to the Union as a slave-holding state. After two years of bitter debate, the Missouri debate, The Missouri Compromise was agreed upon.]]> 2018-05-04 18:35:41 UTC https://padlet.com/morgamac/w6pslbbu8uua/wish/258133477 morgamac https://padlet.com/morgamac/w6pslbbu8uua/wish/258135588 congress passed the Tariff of 1828, known as the "Tariff of Abominations." The tariff earned this nickname because it made foreign products expensive for people to buy, especially if they did not have industry in their region producing similar items.]]> 2018-05-04 18:41:42 UTC https://padlet.com/morgamac/w6pslbbu8uua/wish/258135588 morgamac https://padlet.com/morgamac/w6pslbbu8uua/wish/258137690 This act repealed the Missouri Compromise, which said that states north of the lattitude 36 degrees 30' would be free states.]]> 2018-05-04 18:48:17 UTC https://padlet.com/morgamac/w6pslbbu8uua/wish/258137690 morgamac https://padlet.com/morgamac/w6pslbbu8uua/wish/258154454 These debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas, sponsor of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, were primarily over the issue of slavery. The debates forged Lincoln into a prominent national figure and solidified his Republican Party's platform]]> 2018-05-04 19:50:41 UTC https://padlet.com/morgamac/w6pslbbu8uua/wish/258154454