https://padlet.com/fuchsj6375/wf80jix30pjn During the Mid 1800's, there was large disagreement over the idea of slavery. Between the south wanting slavery to be legal and the north wanting slavery to be illegal, there were many compromises and disagreements between the two. It all started with a very equal distribution of slave states and free states, but it ended with the secession of the south from the union and the existing states remained free. en-us 2018-04-04 18:09:09 UTC 2025-10-27 15:20:30 UTC hello@padlet.com fuchsj6375 https://padlet.com/fuchsj6375/wf80jix30pjn/wish/248622250 The Missouri Compromise  admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.  It also ensured that there would be no slave states above latitude 36'30', excluding Missouri. 

Florida Center for Instructional Technology. Educational Technology Clearinghouse, etc.usf.edu/maps/pages/5200/5286/5286.htm.]]> 2018-04-04 18:16:24 UTC https://padlet.com/fuchsj6375/wf80jix30pjn/wish/248622250 fuchsj6375 https://padlet.com/fuchsj6375/wf80jix30pjn/wish/248623680 During the 1830's, the "Gag Rule" set aside all ideas of slavery to eliminate controversy. Abolitionists continued to fight for ending slavery while southern states placed laws that stated anybody who caught writers of abolitionism would be rewarded $5,000.


https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam005.html

]]> 2018-04-04 18:19:03 UTC https://padlet.com/fuchsj6375/wf80jix30pjn/wish/248623680 fuchsj6375 https://padlet.com/fuchsj6375/wf80jix30pjn/wish/252804193 The fugitive slaves escaped to the North. Since slave owners considered slaves as their property, they demanded to have fugitive slave laws passed to get their slaves back.

“Fugitives from Slavery.” Fugitives from Slavery - Ohio History Central, www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Fugitives_from_Slavery.


]]> 2018-04-18 00:00:26 UTC https://padlet.com/fuchsj6375/wf80jix30pjn/wish/252804193 fuchsj6375 https://padlet.com/fuchsj6375/wf80jix30pjn/wish/252807067 In 1846, James Polk asked for funds for the war against Mexico and David Wilmot added the "Wilmot Proviso". Southern congressmen disagreed with the amendment, so it was passed by the house but not the senate, and they continued to allow slave owners to decide where they bring their slaves.


University of Texas. “Speeches & Orations.” A Continent Divided: The U.S.-Mexico War, library.uta.edu/usmexicowar/format.php?format_id=12.]]> 2018-04-18 00:23:25 UTC https://padlet.com/fuchsj6375/wf80jix30pjn/wish/252807067 fuchsj6375 https://padlet.com/fuchsj6375/wf80jix30pjn/wish/252817851 The people in the North and the South continued to argue whether the territory gained from Mexico would be free or a slave state. Some proposals came up such as continuing the line from the Missouri Compromise where the north is free and the south is slave, or adding California as a free state to the union, but both were rejected.

Southern California Public Radio. “The Sad, Amazing Story of the Bear on CA's State Flag.” Southern California Public Radio, 1 Mar. 2015, www.scpr.org/programs/take-two/2012/10/24/28981/monarch-the-sad-amazing-story-of-the-bear-on-calif/.

]]> 2018-04-18 01:12:50 UTC https://padlet.com/fuchsj6375/wf80jix30pjn/wish/252817851 fuchsj6375 https://padlet.com/fuchsj6375/wf80jix30pjn/wish/253209333 In January of 1850, Henry Clay proposed to end the deadlock over California by approving California as a free state, in addition to adding Utah and New Mexico territories as open to slavery, but he had to get Daniel Webster on his side first. For nine months, Congress debated the proposal, but in September of 1852, the plans were approved.

“The Compromise of 1850.” Ushistory.org, Independence Hall Association, www.ushistory.org/us/30d.asp.


]]> 2018-04-18 21:02:50 UTC https://padlet.com/fuchsj6375/wf80jix30pjn/wish/253209333 fuchsj6375 https://padlet.com/fuchsj6375/wf80jix30pjn/wish/253215897 The fugitive slave act allowed southerners to go north to recapture fugitive slaves. Those slaves who were caught had very few rights, and the people who helped them escape were jailed.

History.com Staff. “Fugitive Slave Acts.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2009, www.history.com/topics/black-history/fugitive-slave-acts.


]]> 2018-04-18 21:34:28 UTC https://padlet.com/fuchsj6375/wf80jix30pjn/wish/253215897 fuchsj6375 https://padlet.com/fuchsj6375/wf80jix30pjn/wish/253220024 The Kansas-Nebraska Act was introduced by Stephen A. Douglas to add Kansas and Nebraska as new territories. The Missouri Compromise was abolished, causing the people in the states to decide whether there should be slavery or not.

Atlas Map: The Compromise of 1850 and Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, wps.pearsoncustom.com/wps/media/objects/5407/5537171/atlas/atl_ah3_m009.html.

]]> 2018-04-18 21:58:09 UTC https://padlet.com/fuchsj6375/wf80jix30pjn/wish/253220024 fuchsj6375 https://padlet.com/fuchsj6375/wf80jix30pjn/wish/253222272 Once the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed, many people began to settle in Kansas, mainly to seek good farming land. Eventually, people began to take sides on whether slavery should be allowed, and it became violent, so a group of pro slavery people invaded Lawrence, Kansas, which had an anti-slavery government.

“Bleeding Kansas: From the Kansas-Nebraska Act to Harpers Ferry.” Civil War on the Western Border: The Missouri-Kansas Conflict, 1854-1865, 1 Mar. 2018, www.civilwaronthewesternborder.org/essay/bleeding-kansas-kansas-nebraska-act-

]]> 2018-04-18 22:17:39 UTC https://padlet.com/fuchsj6375/wf80jix30pjn/wish/253222272 fuchsj6375 https://padlet.com/fuchsj6375/wf80jix30pjn/wish/253228349 After the bloodshed of Kansas, Senator Charles Sumner expressed his feelings in a speech, "The Crime Against Kansas", which stated that the whole situation was plotted and planned out for Kansas to be a slave state in the innocent territory. This speech outraged many Southerners causing one, Preston Brooks, to beat up Sumner in the Senate.

“Sumner Attacked in U.S. Senate.” G.E. Engineers Test Jet Engine, www.massmoments.org/moment-details/sumner-attacked-in-u-s-senate.html.
 ]]> 2018-04-18 23:10:11 UTC https://padlet.com/fuchsj6375/wf80jix30pjn/wish/253228349 fuchsj6375 https://padlet.com/fuchsj6375/wf80jix30pjn/wish/253230420 The controversial idea of slavery went into the hands of the Supreme Court. A former slave, Dred Scott, previously traveled to Wisconsin (which became a free state because of the Missouri Compromise) with his owner, and when he returned to Missouri he was announced free because he stayed in Wisconsin (a free state).

Lepore, Jill. “Dred: Waiting for the Supreme Court.” The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 18 June 2017, www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/dred-waiting-for-the-supreme-court.

]]> 2018-04-18 23:27:21 UTC https://padlet.com/fuchsj6375/wf80jix30pjn/wish/253230420 fuchsj6375 https://padlet.com/fuchsj6375/wf80jix30pjn/wish/253231679 During the debate, Lincoln disagreed with Douglas' viewpoint that the Dred- Scott decision put arguments over slavery at ease. Lincoln claimed that slavery was a "moral, not a legal issue", and lost the debate, but it was reported and he became a big national figure.

“Lincoln.” National Parks Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, www.nps.gov/abli/learn/education/classrooms/lincoln-douglas-debates.htm.

]]> 2018-04-18 23:37:38 UTC https://padlet.com/fuchsj6375/wf80jix30pjn/wish/253231679 fuchsj6375 https://padlet.com/fuchsj6375/wf80jix30pjn/wish/253235064 John Brown planned a raid that would seize weapons from the federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia to arm slaves for a later rebellion. When the raid occurred in 1859, all of John Brown's men were either killed or captured, and Brown was convicted of treason and was sentenced to die.

Alchin, Linda. “James Buchanan.” ***, Siteseen Limited, 9 Jan. 2018, www.american-historama.org/1850-1860-secession-era/john-browns-raid-harpers-ferry.htm.

]]> 2018-04-19 00:04:49 UTC https://padlet.com/fuchsj6375/wf80jix30pjn/wish/253235064 fuchsj6375 https://padlet.com/fuchsj6375/wf80jix30pjn/wish/253236281 During the election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected president with only 40% of the votes, which all came from the north. Since Lincoln became president, the south began to fear the abolishment of slavery.

Burke, Joe. “Thursday November 6, 2014.” KALW, kalw.org/post/thursday-november-6-2014#stream/0.]]> 2018-04-19 00:14:51 UTC https://padlet.com/fuchsj6375/wf80jix30pjn/wish/253236281 fuchsj6375 https://padlet.com/fuchsj6375/wf80jix30pjn/wish/253238658 After the election of President Lincoln, senators made great efforts to find a way to compromise with the south to stay united. Lincoln announced that there would be no more compromise, so on December 20, 1860, the south seceded from the union.

“The South Secedes.” Ushistory.org, Independence Hall Association, www.ushistory.org/us/32e.asp.]]> 2018-04-19 00:30:29 UTC https://padlet.com/fuchsj6375/wf80jix30pjn/wish/253238658