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Missouri Compromise
The North got Maine as a free state and everything above 36'30 line
The South got Missouri as a slave state and everything below the 36'30 -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner was slave who rebelled killing slave owners and their families
The result are as follows: They were all executed and added more slave restrictions -
Compromise of 1850
North got California as a free state and slavery would be banned at Washington D.C South got the rest of Mexican cession to vote on slavery and got stronger fugitive slave laws -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
A book called Uncle Tom's Cabin and shows how bad slavery.
It was a huge success in the north making 10,000 copies the first week.Most people became abolitionist after seeing this -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Divided the rest of Louisiana territory into two states,Kansas and Nebraska
Let the decision of slavery in each be settled by popular sovereignty(voting) -
Dred Scott Ruling
Dred Scott was a slave in Missouri who said he was free and tried to sue for his freedom after his owner took him to free land and died. The Supreme Court were against him saying slaves were not citizens and were property. -
John Brown's Raid
John Brown started a rebel against slavery,giving slaves weapons and led a raid into a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry,Virginia to get more weapons He was found guilty and hanged.
North mourned his death while the South celebrated his death -
1860 Election
Abraham Lincoln was elected and after he was elected most of the southern states seceded from The U.S.He made seceding illegal.These states were called the Confederate States of America.Abe assured that he didn't intend to abolish slavery to the southern states saying"We're not enemies but friends"