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Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise made Missouri a slave state and Maine a free state. It didn't let slavery go into the Louisiana territory. -
Free Soil Party
The Free Soil party was a party that did not want slavery to keep going. Their choice caused a lot of fighting to start with the pro-slavery states. -
Compromise
There were 5 laws that passed for the slave states to get along better with the free states for 4 years with less conflict. -
Fugitive slave act
The fugitive slave law was a part of the 1850 Compromise and said if slaves were caught then they had to go back to where they came from. -
Harriet Beecher Stowe
He was a author who published Uncle Tom's cabin and this book helped to outbreak the civil war by creating stereotypes of black people. -
Kansas and Nebraska act
This act made the lining of Kansas and Nebraska into their own territory and tried to repeal the Missouri Compromise. -
Bleeding Kansas
There were many wars that took place from 1854-1861 that were fights about pro slavery and freeing slaves. -
Dred Scott vs Sandford
A man named Sanford had a slave and Dred scott took the slave from him to a free state. Sanford sued him and the case made a impact on the freedom of slaves. -
Underground railroad
Harriet Tubman was a runaway slave who helped other slaves escape. She did this before and during the civil war. -
1860 Election and beginning of Civil War
This election of Abraham Lincoln started the Civil war and he won with 180 electoral votes. The war lasted until 1865.