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Compromise of 1850
Series of compromise measures passed by the U.S. Congress in an effort to settle several outstanding slavery issues. -
Fugitive Slave Law
People who harboed slaves had to return them to owners or run the risk of being sent to prison/ -
Uncle Tom’s Cabin publication
Changed the views on slavery when this book was published. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
Opened new territory for settlement which pretty much repealed the Missouri Compromise. Slavery was voted on by the people to see if they were to be a slave or free state. -
Sumner attacks Brooks in Senate
Southern Congressman Preston Brooks beats Northern Congressman Charles Sumner over the rise of Slavery expansion. -
Birth of the Republican Party
In Wisconsin four members of the former Whig Party established the new Republican Party. -
Dred Scott V. Sandford
The final court opinion was that slaves are not citizens and had no protection from the Federal Gov't -
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John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry
John Brown was an abolitonist and him and some of his followers raided an Armory in Harpers Ferry, Maryland. -
Election of 1860
Abe Lincoln and John C. Badonridge were the two running for president -
Shots fired at Fort Sumter
Two union soliders were killed during this battle.