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Wilmot Proviso
They tried to pass a bill to prohibit slavery -
Compromise of 1850
It was a compromise where they decided that the people of a state would vote on if it should be a slave state or a free state. -
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" is first published
This book told lots of people about slavery -
Kansas - Nebraska Act
The government made two territories and then the people in those territories voted on laws like slavery. -
John Brown's Massacre at Pottawatomie Creek
John Brown led 7 people there. They murdered 5 of them. -
Dred Scott Decision
This was a decision where a slave was suing because he was a slave in a free state. -
Lincoln - Douglas Debate "A House Divided Against itself can not stand.
This was a debate between the democrats and republicans for senate. -
John Brown's Raid at Harpers Ferry, Virginia
John Brown and a small group of people attacked Harpers Ferry, Virgina to get the guns that the U.S. Army stored there. -
Abraham Lincoln is elected as a Republican President
He beat the democrat that was up for election. -
South Carolina Secedes from the Union
They wanted to leave the union so they didn’t have to deal with slavery and the government. -
Confederate States of America are formed
6 more states went out of the union -
Confederate Troops Fire at Fort Sumter, South Carolina
Confederate guns shot and opened fire. The next day Anderson and the commander evacuated.
