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Missouri Compromise
Missouri became a slave state and Maine became a free state. 36.30 was the new line to decide future states. -
Fugitive Slave Act
The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. Judges gained more money if they sent a slave to the south rather than freeing them. -
Compromise of 1850
The acts called for California to be a, "free state," it dealt with lands that were part of the Mexican Cession. This made people question if the slavery policies to be changed. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The settlers of each territory could decide the issue of slavery by popular sovereignty. The act repealed the Missouri Compromise and made two new colonies. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
Tom was and enslaved African American noted for kindness piety. He refuses to reveal two runaways and was beaten to death. Southerners claimed the book wasn't a good representation of slave life. This caused Northerners to see slavery as a moral problem. -
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
Brown gained control of the arsenal with no slave uprising. Troops killed ten raiders and captured Brown, he was charged with murder and treason. There were few slaves on Harpers Ferry. -
Dred Scott Case
The court ruled a case involving Dred Scott, and enslaved African American, who was not a citizen and considered as, "property." The Congress didn't have power to out law slavery. -
Election of 1860
Southerners wanted slavery in all new territories. Lincoln won the election causing the southern votes to be ineffective. A civil war was set when Northerners outnumbered and outvoted them. -
South Carolina Secedes
Seven states from the United States seceded and joined together to form the confederacy. They believed white southerners would loose the right to own a slave.