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Missouri Compromise
Was the United States federal legislation that stopped northern attempts to forever prohibit slavery's expansion. -
Compromise of 1850
Five laws passed by the United States Congress in September of 1850 that defused a political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired from the Mexican American War. -
Fugitive Slave Law
Was part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern interests in slavery and Northern Free Soilers. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Was an anti-slavery novel by author Harriet Beecher Stowe. -
Kansas - Nebraska Act
It repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty. -
Dred Scott Decision
Was a decision by the supreme court that meant living in a free state and territory did not entitle an enslaved person. -
Lincoln Douglass Debate
A series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas mainly concerning the issue of slavery extension into the territories. -
Election of 1860
This election was very important as it was just before the civil war and it demonstrated the divisions within the U.S. This was also the year that the Constitutional Union Party became a thing.