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The Missouri Compromise
There was a great debate over where slavery would be allowed and where it would not. -
Wilmot Proviso
This was a plan presented by David Wilmot,to stop the spread of slavery into the territories won from Mexico. -
Free Soil Party
This was the FIRST party formed that was a “sectional party” and they picked Martin Van Buren as their first candidate for President. -
Compromise of 1850
California enters as Free State. Area from Mexican Cession divided into Utah and New Mexico. Slavery issue to be decided by POPULAR SOVEREIGNTRY. ENDED slave trade in Washington D.C. Made a STRICT Fugitive Slave Law. Settled border problems between New Mexico and Texas -
Fugitive Slave Law
It was a law that required citizens to catch runaway slaves. -
Uncle Tom`s Cabin
It was written to show the evils of slavery by telling the story of an older slave who was whipped to death by his owner. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Divides lands into Kansas and Nebraska territories -
Pottawatomi Creek Killings
Because of the violence going on in Kansas, John Brown and four of his sons, decide to take law into their own hands -
Dred Scott Decision
Scott had abolitionist attorneys file a law suit for him
