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Wilmot Proviso
The Wilmot Proviso was a law that said all land acquired from Mexico is slavery free and helped so that the Confederate Americans could not expand westward without fighting against the Union. -
Compromise of 1850
The compromise of 1850 was an attempt to keep the USA out of war that ended up making it worse and it said that all land acquired from Mexico is free except for Texas and Texas was not the biggest part of the land acquired from Mexico so it made the south more mad. -
Fugitive slave act
The fugitive slave act was an act that was passed saying that any runaway slaves could go to the north but if found by a southerner they could be brought back to the south for slavery and this made northern abolitionists mad so it built more tension between the north and the south. -
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Was an eye opening book that showed the cruelty of slavery and was famous in the north and the south hated it, it caused more tension -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas was a border wall that was to divide the northern from the south in Kansas and it was an attempt to make sure there was less violence but it caused more tension between north and south -
Kansas-Nebraska act
The the Kansas-Nebraska act was an act passed to let the two territories to choose weather they want to allow slavery or not this caused the two states to increase controversy. -
Dred Scott vs Stanford
Dred Scott Vs Stanford was a case that made it to the Supreme Court and was based on the rights of Dred Scott a black slave theta had been brought to the north and sue for his rights this caused the south to get mad and it caused more anger in both the north and south. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
The Lincoln- Douglas debates were a series of seven debates that discussed slavery in America and how it was wether the government should abolish slavery or not, so it informed more people what was happening and was a time where people picked different sides of the aruement of slavery. -
Harpers Ferry
Harpers Ferry is a town in the south that was raided by abolitionists that were fed up with slavery it was a point where war was going to happen and it was a big point of controversy -
Election of 1860
This was the election in which Lincoln was elected and from the debates everyone knew he was against slavery and most everyone thought that war was going to happen no matter what. Due to the confederate states wanting to succeed. -
Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter was a confederate built fort that was partly built before attacked by th world and was the start of the American Civil war which was the deadliest Civil war in history
