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compromise of 1850
a series of measures proposed by U.S. Senator Henry Clay and passed by the U.S. Congress to settle several issues connected to slavery and avert the threat of dissolution of the Union -
the fugitive slave act
it made slaves return to their slaves owner rather they were in a free state or not -
'Uncle Tom's Cabin' Is Published.
a novel written by American Harriet Beecher Stowe an it affected the ay Americans viewed slavery -
the kansas-nebraska act
organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska -
The Pottawatomie Massacre
murder of five men from a proslavery settlement on Pottawatomie Creek, Franklin county -
The Dred Scott Decision.
upheld slavery in United States territories, denied the legality of black citizenship in America, and declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional -
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry.
an effort by abolitionist John Brown, a slave revolt -
The Election of 1860.
Abraham Lincoln won the presidential election -
the formation of the confederacy
was an unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United States