Connecticut Compromise

1820: Missouri Compromise When the territory that is now Missouri applied for statehood in 1819, the North was clearly against the proposition since they felt that the South already held too much power in the government. However, later on, when the District of Maine desired statehood, a compromise was made. In order to uphold the balance between free and slave states, states would be admitted in pairs with one slave state and one free state. After a massive debate, this was put into effect,…

introduced compromises and acts to be passed by congress. The first of these being the 3/5 Compromise. The Framers had a perfect opportunity to end slavery while writing a new document to govern the people and states but they choose to avoid it. In some ways they had no choice but to avoid it because they felt like compromises on slavery were the price for the support of southern delegates for a strong central government. In the Constitution they included the 3/5 compromise. In this compromise…

In 1846, a slave named Dred Scott sued for his freedom in a St. Louis city court. The had what seemed to be a very strong case. They had lived with their owner, who was an army surgeon in the free Territory of Wisconsin. Dred Scott sued on the fact that he had been held as a slave in a free state, then taken back to a slave state. Many courts had ruled that once you're a free man you are always a free man. This looked to be just a simple case in which Scott should've been ruled a free man.…

The Kansas Nebraska Act ended up being one of the deadliest compromises before the civil war almost like a preamble to it. If the voting to decide on the matter of Kansas becoming a free or slave state had been only open to the people living in Kansas for a certain amount of time this amount of death and destruction could have been avoided. But because of it, it only pushed the country closer to the edge of the civil war. The Election of 1860 ended with the victory going to Abraham Lincoln.…

The Missouri Compromise divided the nation into two separate parts, free or slave states. Popular sovereignty allowed the states to choose whether or not they would be free. As read in the text, “What then we do insist on, is, not to extend slavery, but that we shall not…

Our story starts when John C. Calhoun, our vice president, resigns because he does not like the tariff law. The tariff laws propose to encourage the Americans to buy Americans goods. The 1828 tariff was aimed at certain goods coming in from England. The goods were produced in New England. The Consumers in this case were people in the Southeast. This tariff will cause a lot of trouble. Next, Andrew Jackson Warns South Carolina about fooling around with federal laws. He did this to preempt South…

Harriet Tubman was an extraordinary female hero; she escaped from slavery yet she returned to slave states to free about three hundred slave throughout her adulthood. From early childhood leading to the day of her escape, Harriet experienced frequent hardships while serving wealthy plantation owners. However, when she became a free woman, she journied on expeditions into the heart of slave territory and onced served Abraham Lincoln by spying on the confederates. Harriet Tubman led an…

“I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything. The sun came up like gold through the trees, and I felt like I was in heaven.” This was a quote that Harriet Tubman once said to herself. She was also one of the most effective person on fighting for human rights. Cesar Chavez was also important to changing human rights. Harriet Tubman and Cesar Chavez should always be thought about when talking about leaders that fought for human rights. Cesar…

In today’s society, many people are afraid to stand up for what they believe in. Most people feel judged and just want to “blend in” like the rest of society. But, there was once a man named John Brown who was not afraid to let others know his beliefs. Brown stood up for what he knew was right, became famous for his historical mark he left on abolitionism, and devised a plan to rebel against slaveholders to end slavery once and for all. John Brown had very strong beliefs that will never be…

Freedom Quilts Are the Freedom Quilts real? Two historians say African American slaves may of used a quilt code to navigate the Underground Railroad. Quilts with patterns named wagon wheel, tumbling blocks, and bear paws appear to have contained secret messages that helped direct slaves to freedom. The code "was a way to say something to a person in the presence of many others without the others knowing," "It was a way of giving direction without saying, 'Go northwest.'" The seamstress would…