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Sectionalism
People want best for themselves.Southern region relies on agriculture. Northern region relies on industry. -
Missouri Compromise
Maine enters US as free state, Missouri as slave state. 36° 30' North is closed to slavery. 36° 30' South is open to slavery based on popular soveriegnty. -
Abolititionist Movement
This was when people started to believe that slavery wasn't evil but that it was a positive good. When people started believing this many people started to get slaves. Others still wanted people to quit owning slaves. -
Underground Railroad
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Compromise of 1820
No slave trade in D.C. California free state. People decide on slavery expansion. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin. North loved the book, and made it into a play. South hated it, and banned it. -
KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT OF 1854
The KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT OF 1854 may have been the single most significant event leading to the Civil War. -
Passing of Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Dread Scott Case
The Dread Scott Decision is the decision of a slave named Dread Scott that wanted citizenship. -
The Civil War begins
The start of the civil war started with the first shot. The first shot happened then after a little while the civil war started.