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Missouri Compromise
Allowed Missouri to be in the United States even though it would unbalence the North and South. -
Wilmot Proviso
An amendment passed in the Mexican war that provided $2 million for President Polk to speak with Mexico about territory. -
Compromise of 1850
Slave trade was banned in Washington D.C. -
Fugitive Slave Act
Escaped slaves were to be returned to their owners if caught. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Allowed settlers to choose if slavery was allowed withen their state. -
Bleeding Kansas
Was a 'border war' involving anti-slavery and pro-slavery. -
Dred Scott V. Sandford
Dred Scott was an African American was a slave that was taken to the anti-slavery/free states by his owners and went to court for freedom. -
Lincoln-Douglas debates
Seven debates between Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln.
