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    US constitution signed.

    made a majority in slave states
  • 5

    Missouri Compromise

    made Missouri a slave state.
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    Constitution Ratified

    United States Constitution is the world's longest surviving written charter of government.
  • 5

    Northwest ordinance

    extended us territory
  • 5

    Wilmont Praviso

    This provision that slavery be excluded from the Mexican Cession became known as the Wilmot Proviso.
  • 5

    Nat Turner's Rebellion

    a slave rebellion led by nat turner.
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    gag rule in congress

    congress cannot talk about slavery.
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    mexican american war

    a war between mexico and America
  • Harriet Tubman escapes slavery

    Escaped from the plantation then help the underground railroad.
  • Compromise 1850

    Abolished the slave trade in Washington D.C.
  • uncle toms cabin published

    a bestselling book about a runaway slave.
  • bleeding kansas

    Both proslaver and abolitionists went to Kansas and violence broke out.
  • Dred Scott Decision

    A decision was decided by the supreme court if slaves that were brought to free soil states would be free or not because they didn't run away.
  • South Carolina Secedes

    South Carolina breaks apart from us which makes other states want to brake off too and make a civil war.
  • Lincoln Douglas debate

    Political debates between Lincoln and Douglas.