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Wilimot Proviso
Representative David Wilmont proposed congress ban slavery in ALL territory that might become part of the U.S. as a result of the Mexican American War.
Passed in House But Senate Did not pass it.
Still made a lot of people angry. -
Compromise of 1850
They agreed to have a slave state or a free state. -
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" is first published
It was a novel about an enslaved man who was abused. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
They got to decide for themselves if they had slaves or not. -
John Brown Massacure
He’s antislavery and went to a pro-slavery camp and murdered people and it’s known as Bleeding Kansas. They murdered pro-slavery men. -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott was an enslaved person and he wanted to be a U.S. Army doctor. -
Lincoln - Douglas Debate "A House Divided Against itself can not stand."
They were arguing over the debating or not and they were both trying to be senate. -
John Brown's Raid at Harpers Ferry, Virginia
Had the plot to raise an army and free people in the South who were enslaved. -
South Carolina Secedes from the Union
At the convention, they declared that the Union between South Carolina and the United States of America is hereby dissolved. -
Confederate states of America
They had their own Constitution
They had their own President - Jefferson Davis -
Confederate Troops Fire at Fort Sumter, South Carolina
It was the beginning of the Civil war. -
Abraham Lincoln is elected as a Republican President
He was funny and was elected at the president.
