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Compromise of 1850
California if it was a free or slave state? -
Publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin is an anti slavery novel published in 1850 the novel helped lay the groundwork for the civil war. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Law passed that would let KS+NE vote on slavery -
Bleeding Kansas
Kansas has a mini-war happen between Pro annd anti slavery groups -
Brooks/Sumner Affair (Violence in Congress)
Congressman Preston Brooks, attacked Sumner with a cane while he was seated at his desk in the Senate chamber. Sumner was beaten into unconsciousness, rendering him incapable of resuming his duties for more than three years. -
Dred Scott Decision
US supreme court that people brought into the us and held as slaves whetther or not slaves were not protected by the constituion and were not us citizens -
John Brown's Raid
was an attempt by John to star an armed slave revolt by seizing a US arsenal at harpers ferry in Virgina 1859 -
Election of 1860
An election held on november 6 for the office of the President of the US
