This decision further outraged abolitionists. One of African descent could qualify for U.S. Supreme Court handed down the Dred Scott decision (Scott v. Several years, became known as the Border War, or Bleeding Kansas. The Republican Party was formed in response to opening theĪnti-slavery Free-Staters and pro-slavery Border Ruffians clashed in Kansas. To decide whether they would allow slavery. 1854Ĭongress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which allowed settlers in the new territories of Kansas and Nebraska While Stowe’s book was strongly anti-slavery, it also created and reinforced It also spawned several other plays and musicals, some carrying on the theme of the book, United States in the first year of its publication, spurring on the work of abolitionists and enraging those whoĭefended slavery. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin was published. It provoked a national controversy and many Northerners refused to enforce the law’s provisions. This law required law enforcement officials throughout the country to aid in the arrest of alleged runaway slaves. These included an enhanced Fugitive Slave Law. In an attempt to prevent a civil war, Congress enacted a series of laws that became known as the Compromise The timeline below highlights some of the most important events of the tumultuous decade: 1850 Important in the decade preceding Abraham Lincoln’s election and the outbreak of Civil War. Newspapers, novelists, activists,Īnd reformers joined the debate, all responding to the crisis-orĮven trying to inflame it-in their own way. Political parties, also affected by issues related to Abolitionists continued their efforts to end the CongressĮnacted new policies related to slavery. The nation’s political institutions and its public places. In the course of that decade, the debate over slavery raged in In the 1850s, the conflict over slavery brought the United States To help your students analyze these primary sources, get a graphic organizer If your use will be beyond a single classroom, please review the copyright The resources in this primary source set are intended for classroom use.
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