History: Secession Case

Abolitionism

the movement aimed at ending slavery and promoting rights and freedoms of enslaved people.

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

ban slavery in the north

Missouri Compromise

1. Missouri = slave-state

2. Maine = free state

3. 36’’30’ Line = north = no slavery; south = slavery

Tallmadge Amendment

“ban the introduction of new slaves into Missouri and emancipate all slaves born there” It gets rejected by the Senate

Free-Soil Ideology

slavery should not be spread anywhere other than the places it already inhabits. Abraham Lincoln

Compromise of 1850

1. California = Free State

2. Popular Sovereignty in Mexican Cession

3. Abolish Slave Trade in DC

4. Stricter Fugitive Slave Act

Manifest Destiny

it was destined from God to expand across North America, globally from Atlantic to Pacific also.

Nullification

the idea that a state has the right to reject a federal law that it believes is unconstitutional.

Popular Sovereignty

the principle that the authority of a government is created and sustained by its people, who are the source of the political power

Republican Party

believed that slavery should not be spread at all (Free-soil) Abraham Lincoln

Mexican Cession

the land that Mexico ceded to the United States in 1848 under the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican-American War. Inspired the idea of a continental railroad

Wilmot Proviso

exclude slavery mexican cession “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of the territory acquired from Mexico”

Constitutional Union Party

“in the middle of everything” believes “no political principle other than the constitution of the country, the union of the states, and the enforcement of the laws.” They didn’t want to start a war by creating their own beliefs and opinions. John Bell

Dred Scott Decision

 a court case which states that any African slave (who was not a citizen) could not constitutionally be protected by the government because they are

Fugitive Slave Act

It was a series of laws that required people to return enslaved people who had previously ran away.

Kansas-Nebraska Act

1854 - Created Nebraska and Kansas as states and gave the people in those territories the right to choose to be a free or slave state through popular sovereignty. Also repealed the Missouri Line.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

it was very popular, it brought out a very dramatic side of slavery and turned the Northern Public against slavery.

“Free labor”

labor or work that was performed by Freed People, mostly in the North. The people are not forced to work unlike slave labor.

Underground Railroad

this was when the slaves would escape north and up into canada, also made slavery look bad because they were running away from their masters.

Election of 1860

Lincoln Won (republican). He won the Electoral vote by a majority and his Popular vote by a Plurality. Also ran against John Bell, John C. Breckinridge, and Stephen Douglas. John Bell was constitutional union, John C. Breckinridge was southern democratic, and Stephen Douglas was northern democratic.

Lecompton Constitution

supported the existence of slavery in the proposed state and protected rights of slaveholders. It was rejected by Kansas, making Kansas an eventual free state. 

Brooks-Sumner Affair

Brooks, a pro-slavery democrat from SC, made his way into the Senate’s office while Sumner was taking some notes, leading brooks to wack him with a cane and got away with no consequenses. And he gets elected to the senate by the south

Secession

South Carolina and other southern states left the united states Union when Lincoln became president, which threatened the right to have slavery. 1860

Lincoln-Douglass Debates

Lincoln seemed very bright and enthused with the topics which made Douglas talk about his views,but avoids any certain issues concerning the people. This overall caused Lincoln to win the election in 1860, causing secession in the south from the Union.