Pre-Civil War Interactive timeline by Jordyn Suane https://padlet.com/js212382/zh7nz2cecsuvh6jo en-us 2023-03-16 16:26:46 UTC 2025-05-01 17:52:20 UTC hello@padlet.com Missouri Compromise 1820 js212382 https://padlet.com/js212382/zh7nz2cecsuvh6jo/wish/2519704195 This agreement introduced Missouri to the United States as a slave state and Maine as a non slave state. The compromise also established that any state above the 36'30” line was a free state and any below it were slave states. Ultimately the compromise would fail as more states were admitted.
https://www.history.com/topics/slavery/missouri-compromise#:~:text=Though%20the%20Missouri%20Compromise%20managed,place%20in%20the%20nation's%20future.]]> 2023-03-16 16:38:46 UTC https://padlet.com/js212382/zh7nz2cecsuvh6jo/wish/2519704195 Nat Turner's Rebellion 1831 js212382 https://padlet.com/js212382/zh7nz2cecsuvh6jo/wish/2519725351 In 1831 Virginia a a slave rebellion led by Nat Turner took place. The rebellion killed 55 caucasian Americans and caused a massacre once the rebellion was contained. The rebellion had severe repercussions and 56 of the rebels were killed with another 200 beaten. However the Rebellion did get attention and caused talk of ending slavery.
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/nat-turner]]> 2023-03-16 16:55:05 UTC https://padlet.com/js212382/zh7nz2cecsuvh6jo/wish/2519725351 Wilmot Proviso 1846 js212382 https://padlet.com/js212382/zh7nz2cecsuvh6jo/wish/2519738880 A representative named David Wilmot proposed that the lands gained in the Mexican-American War should not be permitted to allow slavery. Southern slave owners protested this because the new territories could prove invaluable land for agriculture which in the south relied on slave labor.
https://www.ushistory.org/us/30a.asp]]> 2023-03-16 17:05:37 UTC https://padlet.com/js212382/zh7nz2cecsuvh6jo/wish/2519738880 Free Soil Party 1848-1854 js212382 https://padlet.com/js212382/zh7nz2cecsuvh6jo/wish/2519772662 A political party that opposed the further expansion of slavery  into the Western United States. They managed to plant the idea that slavery was a vice into several state legislatures.
https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1852  ]]> 2023-03-16 17:28:47 UTC https://padlet.com/js212382/zh7nz2cecsuvh6jo/wish/2519772662 Compromise of 1850 js212382 https://padlet.com/js212382/zh7nz2cecsuvh6jo/wish/2519787178 The Compromise of 1850 established that California would be a state free of slavery and abolished slavery in Washington DC. It also set up boundaries for Utah and New Mexico as well as amending the Fugitive Act. However many challenges were faced with passing this act. The senate which had a 50% divide on pro-slavery and anti-slavery senators took 7 months to consider the bill and the different amendments. They were also very pressured to find a solution because the nation was divided on the issue of slavery and tensions between the north and south were rising.
https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/compromise-of-1850#:~:text=The%20acts%20called%20for%20the,amended%20the%20Fugitive%20Slave%20Act.]]> 2023-03-16 17:39:36 UTC https://padlet.com/js212382/zh7nz2cecsuvh6jo/wish/2519787178 The Fugitive Slave Act 1850 js212382 https://padlet.com/js212382/zh7nz2cecsuvh6jo/wish/2523913270 An act that was apart of the Compromise of 1850 that stated that slaves must be returned to their owners even if they were in northern territory and paid northerners for returning runaway slaves. However several defied the act like Henry Thoreau and continued to help escaped slaves with the underground railroad as well as gave speeches.
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/fugitive-slave-acts#section_4
Thoreau on Slavery | Henry David Thoreau and His Admirers

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]]> 2023-03-20 16:37:12 UTC https://padlet.com/js212382/zh7nz2cecsuvh6jo/wish/2523913270 Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854 js212382 https://padlet.com/js212382/zh7nz2cecsuvh6jo/wish/2523942289 The Kansas-Nebraska act created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska as well as repealed the Missouri Compromise. The act allowed for whether or not Kansas was a slave state to be decided by the people living there  which led to "Bleeding Kansas." The organizer of the bill Stephan Douglas wished for a railroad that led into the western United States, yet he needed a way to satisfy the North and South. The south wanted to repeal the Missouri Compromise to spread slavery so he proposed a bill that included repealing the compromise.
https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Kansas_Nebraska_Act.htm]]> 2023-03-20 16:54:39 UTC https://padlet.com/js212382/zh7nz2cecsuvh6jo/wish/2523942289 Bleeding Kansas 1854-1861 js212382 https://padlet.com/js212382/zh7nz2cecsuvh6jo/wish/2523971104 After the Kansas-Nebraska Act political parties flocked to Kansas to vote on whether or no the territory should allow slavery. The tension between pro-slavery advocates and abolitionists sparked the sack of Lawrence when pro-slavers stormed Lawrence and violently raided the city.  The  Pottawatomie Creek Massacre happened in response when John Brown and a group of anti-slavers killed 5 slavery advocates near Pottawatomie Creek. The Missouri Compromise not having been repealed would have held off violence for a little longer, but tensions between the slavery supporters and abolitionists were reaching high levels.
https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/bleeding-kansas]]> 2023-03-20 17:11:02 UTC https://padlet.com/js212382/zh7nz2cecsuvh6jo/wish/2523971104 Dred Scott v. Sandford 1857 js212382 https://padlet.com/js212382/zh7nz2cecsuvh6jo/wish/2523985766 In this supreme court case the Supreme Court ruled that enslaved people were not United States citizens and that Congress could not ban slavery in a United States territory. The court ruled against Dred Scott an enslaved person who argued that he should be free after living in a northern free state for a period of time. The case shows that even those who are supposed to be of the highest authority and morality can be corrupt.
https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/dred-scott-v-sandford]]> 2023-03-20 17:19:08 UTC https://padlet.com/js212382/zh7nz2cecsuvh6jo/wish/2523985766 Lincoln-Douglas Debates 1858 js212382 https://padlet.com/js212382/zh7nz2cecsuvh6jo/wish/2524001062 These were 7 debates between Stephan Douglas who proposed the Kansas- Nebraska Act and Abraham Lincoln. They debated over the morality of slavery as well as the others stance on slavery. During a Freeport debate Lioncoln questioned how to solve the growing issue of violent tensions in Kansas. Douglas came up with the idea to not enforce a law to protect slave owners rights to their slaves. This decision called the Freeport Doctrine gained him popularity in the North, but angered the southern slave owners.
https://www.britannica.com/event/Lincoln-Douglas-debates]]> 2023-03-20 17:29:10 UTC https://padlet.com/js212382/zh7nz2cecsuvh6jo/wish/2524001062 John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry 1859 js212382 https://padlet.com/js212382/zh7nz2cecsuvh6jo/wish/2524020728 In 1859 radical and abolitionist John Brown raided the Harpers Ferry armory to supply enslaved people with weapons to incite a revolt. This event took place after the Massacre of Pottawatomie which he also led. The revolt was ultimately unsuccessful when his men were overrun before they could act. John was tried and sentenced to death on November 2 of the same year. John's actions spurred a response from many groups by highlighting the tensions between the north and the south. The raid pushed the territories further from each other and heightened awareness of the presidential election. I do not believe John was justified however he did push the bounds of the limits of the fight for slavery.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-browns-raid-on-harpers-ferry]]> 2023-03-20 17:42:02 UTC https://padlet.com/js212382/zh7nz2cecsuvh6jo/wish/2524020728 1860 Presidential Election js212382 https://padlet.com/js212382/zh7nz2cecsuvh6jo/wish/2524021357 This presidential election was critical in determining the future of slavery. Abraham Lincoln won the election with less than 40% popularity, but 180 electoral college votes. The divided political parties worked in his favor with most of the north rallying to his side.
https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1860]]> 2023-03-20 17:42:27 UTC https://padlet.com/js212382/zh7nz2cecsuvh6jo/wish/2524021357 Secession 1861 js212382 https://padlet.com/js212382/zh7nz2cecsuvh6jo/wish/2524168159 As a result of the various factors the states divided into the confederacy and the union. This arrangement allowed slavery in the confederacy and not in the union with both being individual governing bodies. This arrangement left weaknesses in the divided country.]]> 2023-03-20 19:25:17 UTC https://padlet.com/js212382/zh7nz2cecsuvh6jo/wish/2524168159 1861 Battle of Fort Sumter js212382 https://padlet.com/js212382/zh7nz2cecsuvh6jo/wish/2525259242 Forces from the Confederate States (south) attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina. South Carolina who had joined the confederacy not long ago informed Lincoln to evacuate troops. The Confederacy won the battle and no one died, but Lincoln deployed 75,000 person militia to flush out the rebellion.
https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/battle-fort-sumter/]]> 2023-03-21 12:12:29 UTC https://padlet.com/js212382/zh7nz2cecsuvh6jo/wish/2525259242