https://padlet.com/timothymetcalf2024/ztaerb8k3t02ukn4 en-us 2022-10-25 16:05:09 UTC 2026-03-16 16:36:20 UTC hello@padlet.com timothymetcalf2024 https://padlet.com/timothymetcalf2024/ztaerb8k3t02ukn4/wish/2355781390 During a race for the U.S. Senate in 1858 Lincoln (Democrat) and Douglas (Republican). Another turning point for slavery as Douglas said people get around the Supreme Courts Dred ruling. (621)]]> 2022-10-25 16:31:20 UTC https://padlet.com/timothymetcalf2024/ztaerb8k3t02ukn4/wish/2355781390 timothymetcalf2024 https://padlet.com/timothymetcalf2024/ztaerb8k3t02ukn4/wish/2355788280 Presidencial election where Lincoln won with winning any southern states. Turning point for slavery as Lincoln would go on and abolish it.  (627)]]> 2022-10-25 16:34:37 UTC https://padlet.com/timothymetcalf2024/ztaerb8k3t02ukn4/wish/2355788280 timothymetcalf2024 https://padlet.com/timothymetcalf2024/ztaerb8k3t02ukn4/wish/2362554783 Bleeding Kansas was a name applied to the Kansas Territory in the years before the Civil War, when the territory was a battleground between proslavery and anti slavery forces. It was important because it was a precursor to what we say in the Civil war. (599)]]> 2022-10-31 02:01:22 UTC https://padlet.com/timothymetcalf2024/ztaerb8k3t02ukn4/wish/2362554783 timothymetcalf2024 https://padlet.com/timothymetcalf2024/ztaerb8k3t02ukn4/wish/2362561803 Wilmot Proviso was unsuccessful amendment to the 1846 military appropriations bill, where it said they none of the the territory acquired in the Mexico war would be open to slavery. Again it fueled the Civil War by dividing the nation. (582)]]> 2022-10-31 02:07:19 UTC https://padlet.com/timothymetcalf2024/ztaerb8k3t02ukn4/wish/2362561803 timothymetcalf2024 https://padlet.com/timothymetcalf2024/ztaerb8k3t02ukn4/wish/2362575439 During a debate in Freeport Douglas' response to Lincoln later became known as the freeport doctrine. He basically said that any territory could exclude slavery by refusing to pass laws supporting it. (623)]]> 2022-10-31 02:18:16 UTC https://padlet.com/timothymetcalf2024/ztaerb8k3t02ukn4/wish/2362575439 timothymetcalf2024 https://padlet.com/timothymetcalf2024/ztaerb8k3t02ukn4/wish/2362580663 A series of congressional measures intended to settle the major disagreements between free states and slave states. (583)]]> 2022-10-31 02:22:02 UTC https://padlet.com/timothymetcalf2024/ztaerb8k3t02ukn4/wish/2362580663 timothymetcalf2024 https://padlet.com/timothymetcalf2024/ztaerb8k3t02ukn4/wish/2362589982 The Kansas Nebraska Act established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, and gave their residents the right to decide whether to allow slavery. (597)]]> 2022-10-31 02:29:46 UTC https://padlet.com/timothymetcalf2024/ztaerb8k3t02ukn4/wish/2362589982 timothymetcalf2024 https://padlet.com/timothymetcalf2024/ztaerb8k3t02ukn4/wish/2362593709 The Underground Railroad was a system of routes along which runaway slaves were helped to escape to Canada or safe areas in the Free States. This was important because it allowed slaves to escape to freedom. (593)]]> 2022-10-31 02:32:56 UTC https://padlet.com/timothymetcalf2024/ztaerb8k3t02ukn4/wish/2362593709 timothymetcalf2024 https://padlet.com/timothymetcalf2024/ztaerb8k3t02ukn4/wish/2362603623 Dred Scott was a slave who sued for his freedom because he believed he had become a free person by living in a free state for several years, the court ruled slaves did not have the same rights of citizens because they were inferior, an it also ruled the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional. This was important because it set as clear line that slavery could not be excluded. (620)]]> 2022-10-31 02:41:25 UTC https://padlet.com/timothymetcalf2024/ztaerb8k3t02ukn4/wish/2362603623 timothymetcalf2024 https://padlet.com/timothymetcalf2024/ztaerb8k3t02ukn4/wish/2362607535 A system in which the residents vote to decide on an issue. Important because it further provides to the idea of a democracy. (584)]]> 2022-10-31 02:44:42 UTC https://padlet.com/timothymetcalf2024/ztaerb8k3t02ukn4/wish/2362607535 timothymetcalf2024 https://padlet.com/timothymetcalf2024/ztaerb8k3t02ukn4/wish/2362613955 John Brown led a band of 21 men into Harpers Ferry, Virginia to seize the federal arsenal there. It was important because both the Union and Confederacy wanted control of Harpers Ferry. (623)]]> 2022-10-31 02:50:23 UTC https://padlet.com/timothymetcalf2024/ztaerb8k3t02ukn4/wish/2362613955 timothymetcalf2024 https://padlet.com/timothymetcalf2024/ztaerb8k3t02ukn4/wish/2362628343 A best selling book published by abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe that delivered the message that slavery wasn't just a political contest but also a great moral struggle. (595)]]> 2022-10-31 03:03:14 UTC https://padlet.com/timothymetcalf2024/ztaerb8k3t02ukn4/wish/2362628343 timothymetcalf2024 https://padlet.com/timothymetcalf2024/ztaerb8k3t02ukn4/wish/2362632707 The Personal Liberty Laws were statutes passed in the nine northern states that forbade the imprisonment of runaway slaves and guaranteed jury trials for fugitive slaves. These were important because it gave slaves a fair chance to get out of slavery. (593)]]> 2022-10-31 03:07:28 UTC https://padlet.com/timothymetcalf2024/ztaerb8k3t02ukn4/wish/2362632707 timothymetcalf2024 https://padlet.com/timothymetcalf2024/ztaerb8k3t02ukn4/wish/2362642148 The most important event to me is the Underground Railroad. To me its the most important because it gave slaves the opportunity to escape slavery. Its also important to see it as a stepping stone into the Civil War.]]> 2022-10-31 03:16:06 UTC https://padlet.com/timothymetcalf2024/ztaerb8k3t02ukn4/wish/2362642148