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California Statehood
The agreement allowed California to enter the union as a free state. -
Compromise of 1850
This was a series of laws aimed at easing tensions between slave and free states after the Mexican-American War. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin is published
Harriet published this to shape a public opinion of slavery and help other people realize how bad slavery really is. -
Kansas/Nebraska Act
This act allowed the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether to allow slavery or to not allow it, this led to "Bleeding Kansas". -
Bleeding Kansas
This was a result of the violent conflicts that erupted between pro-slavery and anti-slavery in the Kansas territory. -
Creation of the Republican Party
The Republican Party emerged from the anti-slavery movement and various factions, it quickly gained support in the North. -
Caning of Charles Sumner
This occurred when Senator Preston Brooks attacked Sumner on the Senate floor, it was in response to Sumner's anti-slavery speech. -
Dred Scott Decision
This decision ruled that African Americans were not U.S citizens and that congress couldn't ban slavery in these territories, this made tensions worse. -
Lincolns "A House Divided" Speech
His speech argued that the U.S could not endure half slave and half free, he emphasized that it would be one or the other. -
The Presidential Election of 1860
This was the election between Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A, John C, and John Bell. It was a rise of intense divisions over slavery.