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Missouri Compromise
the south could not go over a certain line -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
rebellion lead by nat turner -
gag Rule
the gag rule was a series of rules that forbade the raising, consideration, or discussion of slavery -
Wilmot Proviso
a proposal to not let the south move for more land -
Harreit Tubman escapes slavery
a woman who helps the underground railroad -
Compromise of 1850
admitted California to the United States as a free state -
Uncle Tom’s Cabin published
the problem of slavery and the treatment of humans as property -
John Brown raids Harpers Ferry
helped make any further accommodation between North and South nearly impossible -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
the addition of Kansas and Nebraska -
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Bleeding Kansas
people fighting for slavery and non-slavery -
Dred Scott Decision
a slave was always property and could not change -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
propelled Lincoln's political career into the national spotlight. -
Abraham Lincoln elected
Abraham Lincoln was elected to be president