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Leading up to the Civil War
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The Missouri Compromise
Missouri became a slave state and Maine became a free state. A line was split between the two that was supposed to decide who was slave states and who was free. -
New York Amancipation
New York enacted a law to free all slaves. -
Jackson Election
Andrew Jackson (a slave owner) was elected president. -
Nat Turner Rebellion
Nat Turner a Virginia slave led one of the bloodiest rebellions in history. -
Wilmot Proviso
A plan to stop the spread of slavery into the territories won from Mexico. -
Free Soil Party
New political party formed by Northerners that wanted to discuss the issue of slavery. -
Compromise of 1850
California entered as a free state. Mexican Cession territory divided. Ended slave trade in Washington D.C. Made a strict fugitive slave law. Settled border problems between New Mexico and Texas. -
Fugitive Slave Law
Required citizens to catch runaway slaves. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Wrote to explain the real horrors of slavery -
Kansas- Nebraska Act
Divided Kansas and Nebraska. Decided the slavery issue would be decided by popular sovreignty. -
Pottowatomie Creek Killings
All the violence in Kansas led John Brown and four of his sons into taking law in their own hands. This led to many killings in a little town called Pottowatomie. -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott was a slave that lived in a free state with his owner, when his owner died it went to court because he should not be considered a citizen. Dred Scott lost, the Missouri Compromise was repealed. -
Lincoln- Douglas Debate
Lincoln and Douglas had a debate because Douglas believed in popular sovereignty. Lincoln believed that slavery should not spread into the territories. -
Raid on Harper's Ferry
John Brown led five blacks and thirteen whites on to Harper's Ferry to raid it. -
Election of 1860
Lincoln ran against Douglas.
