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Missouri Compromise
The MIssouri Compromise where slavery would and wouldn't be allowed. The compromise was effective for almost 30 years. -
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Cause of Civil War
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Wilmot Proviso
The Wilmot Proviso was a plan to stop the spread of slavery. The plan passed the house, but failed the senate. This plan showed the power of the north. -
Fugative Slave Act
This required all citizens to try to catch runaway slaves. -
Kansas -Nebraska Act
Stephen A Douglas made a bill that divides lands into Kansas and Nebraska act .Decide that slavery issue would be decided by popular Sovreignty. -
PITTOWATOMI CREEK KILLINGS
The Pittowatomi Creek Killing was when John Brown went into the small town of Pittowatomi and killed 4 proslavery men. -
Dred Scott
The Dred Scott decision was about a man where his owner died and he tried to become a free man, but the supreme court made him stay a slave.