John Brown wanted to use the weapons at the arsenal to arm freed slaves who he would lead in a revolt against slavery.
novanet- he hoped to inspire a revolution to end slavery
To attempt to resolve the dispute between the North and South regarding slavery, Congress convened on December 3, 1849. The result of this convention was the Compromise of 1850.
The Compromise of 1850 allowed the New Mexico and Utah territories to choose, in the future, to become slave states. The South avoided adopting the Wilmot Proviso. A stronger Fugitive Slave Act was passed by Congress.
Harriet Tubamn
two opposing governments were established in kansas: proslavery and antislavery
When South Carolina forced the surrender of Fort Sumter.
Slavery was an issue that contributed to the event of Bleeding Kansas. Bleeding Kansas was also known as the Bloody Kansas war.
Slave ownership in territories could be decided by popular sovereignty (Novanet Answer)
The rise of the Free-Soil Party.
Stephen Douglas
One reason that the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin infuriated people in the South was that southerners felt that it was an inaccurate depiction of Southern life (Stowe had never been to a Southern plantation).
During that time Taney led the Supreme Court, which declared slaves to be property.