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The Missouri Compromise
A debate where slavery was allowed, they decided Missouri is a slave state and Maine entered as a free state. -
Wilmot Proviso
Plan presented by David Wilmot, stopped the spread of slavery -
Free Soil Party
New political party formed in Buffalo, New York -
Compromise of 1850
California enters as a free state, Mexican cession divided, ended slave trade in Washington D.C. Made a strict fugitive slave law, settled border problems. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Novel written by Harriett Beecher Stowe. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Divides lands into Kansas and Nebraska territories -
Pottowatomi Creek Killings
John Brown and his four sons kill four pro-slavery men out of their beds and kill them. -
Dred Scott Decision
He was a free slave but his owner died in the slave states but could not sue due to the fact he was property not a citizen. -
Lincoln Douglass Debate
Douglass believed in deciding slavery by popular sovereignty. -
Raid on Harper's Ferry
Planned to raid an arsenal and start a slave revolt, a number of his men died. -
Election of 1860
Lincoln ran against Douglass in the Election of 1860
