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Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was to keep slave states and free states even. -
Compromise of 1850
The compromise of 1850 was when there were 5 different provisions and slave trade was ended in Washington D.C. -
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act was an act requiring all citizens to help catch African Americans trying to escape slavery. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
Uncle Tom's Cabin is a book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It showed the evils of slavery and changed how northerners view it. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This act allowed settlers in all territories to vote to decide weather or not to have slavery in their state. -
Dred Scott Case
Dred Scott was a slave to his owner. But, then, they moved to a territory where slavery was abolished. Then, He filled a lawsuit. -
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
This raid carried the anti-slavery campaign and persuaded many people to revolt. John Brown and a group of people including African Americans went and revolted. It failed and he died. -
Election of 1860
The election of 1860 was when the North outvoted the South. Abraham Lincoln wasn't on the ballet for the South, so the South got mad. -
South Carolina secedes
S.C. was the first state to secede. They were followed by Alabama, Florida,Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.