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What was the raid on the Harpers Ferry armory led by John Brown intended to do?
Supply weapons for a slave revolt
List four secession events leading to the war?
Breakdown of the sensible Missouri Compromise, which had kept the peace for thirty years. This was caused by the admission of California to the Union as one huge state, which extended so far on either side of the Missouri line that both sides claimed it. The Missouri Compromise had to be replaced with an awkward deal, including the vigorous enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act, with official slave-catchers hunting down runaways. This angered the Abolitionists and gave them a higher profile, helped further by the publication of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'. One well-meant attempt at peace-broking was to give each new state a chance to vote whether to be slave or free, but the first time it was tried (Kansas), this led to shocking cases of voter-intimidation by terrorists from outside the state. After the inflammatory statement by the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case (that a black man did not qualify as a citizen and had no business suing a white man), John Brown's attempt to arm the slaves for a general rebellion, and Lincoln's final rejection of the Crittenden Compromise on the grounds that it would have allowed some extension of slavery, war was inevitable.
Why did Kansas-Nebraska Act begin?
Douglas knew that the southerners would not want another free state in the union, so he proposed the territory be divided into 2. the people of each territory would then vote to decide on the big issues, such as slavery. the north was unhappy because the new act would not repeal the Missouri compromise (which said that it was slave), but the south was happy because it all seemed fair to them.
What led to the Missouri compromise and what did it achieve?
The Missouri Compromise was Missouri (South) and Maine (North) wanting to come into the United States union, government didn't know if they both should be slave states or free states. An idea proposed by Henry Clay stated that Maine should be a free state, so Missouri should be a slave state. This achieved that any new state that wanted to become apart of the union above the 36'30 latitude are free states, then anything below the latitude are slave states.
How did the Kansas-Nebraska act lead to bleeding Kansas?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act also led to "Bleeding Kansas," a mini civil war that erupted in Kansas in 1856. Northerners and Southerners flooded Kansas in 1854 and 1855, determined to convert the future state to their view on slavery.
